A new poll released by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety reveals that most people don’t trust driverless car technology and think that Congress and the federal government should impose minimum safety requirements on these vehicles before they hit public roads.
A majority (63 percent) said they would not support “mass exemptions” from federal motor vehicle safety standards, and were not comfortable (75 percent) with automakers having the power to remotely disable vehicle controls when the autonomous vehicle is being operated by the computer.
“The Department of Transportation needs to issue some regulations as driverless vehicles are put onto the road to ensure a minimum level of safety and security,” said Jackie Gillan, president emeritus at the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. “Right now, that’s not the case.”.
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