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Waymo Under Investigation for Driverless Car Crashes and Traffic Violations (www.thedrive.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The NHTSA is probing Google-supported Waymo regarding crashes caused by its driverless taxi program and underperforming self-driving tech.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If there are tests on public roads, there should be independent government oversight financed by a fee on the company testing. Not to mention there should be special insurance by the company.

The government should mandate telemetry, reporting and safety precaution standards that have to be followed. This will allow the government to also learn as these systems become more commonplace.

But that is my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is independent government oversight. That's NHTSA, the agency doing these investigations. The companies operating these vehicles also have insurance as a requirement of public operating permits (managed by the states). NHTSA also requires mandatory reporting of accidents involving these vehicles and has safety standards.

The only thing missing is the fee, and I'm not sure what purpose that's supposed to serve. Regulators shouldn't be directly paid by the organizations they're regulating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Nah, these organizations have been gutted over the years in the name of small government. To the point that they do not have the Manpower to actually properly regulate or oversee.

I'm talking about a dedicated team of specialists that oversee these kind of processes. These specialists don't come cheap.

The fee is paid to the federal government and should be sufficient for the government to finance the oversight of innovation like this.