Self-Driving Car Legislation: Congress Turns the Ignition

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A bill that could facilitate more highly automated vehicles on US roads — with important economic and social implications — gains traction.

Overview: Gearing Up for Legal and Regulatory Change -

Society is on the verge of a “self-driving” revolution. Given recent technological advancements, which have been perhaps more rapid than widely anticipated, new vehicle technologies will soon fundamentally alter the transportation system. This new technology will bring dramatic economic and social consequences, with implications not only for insurance markets and products liability law, but also for patterns of behavior and, indeed, for how people think about automobile transportation going forward.

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