The elephant in the room regarding self-driving vehicles is who bears the responsibility? Obviously big name manufacturers do not want to tarnish their name and bear the financial burden of liability issues.
Question: Which agency is responsible for protecting the data of American citizens (so that it doesn’t fall into another manipulative country’s hands?)
Question: Which agency is responsible for protecting the data of key government employees?
Apple in Nov 2016 raised comments to the NHTSA regarding the need for privacy while simultaneously the need for sharing of near-collisions and collisions. This is important point as self-driving vehicles compute on massive amounts of data. However, what makes it challenging is…
Tesla tells two tales. As indicated by the marketing name “Autopilot”, to consumers it’s the story of “self-driving” vehicles. To regulators, it’s the story of driver assistance where the human driver must have two hands on the wheel at all times.
The age of connected vehicles (human and self-driven) raises several major concerns regarding safety and responsibility. What legislation or guarantees will protect the consumer?
First measurements have been collected by the California DMV regarding…
The oncoming IoT security and privacy onslaught is already upon us. The influx of self-driving vehicles will only amplify this effect.
At the end of the day, who holds the manufacturers accountable? Who verifies and…
It should be noted that there are currently no published research studies that show any positive or favorable evaluation regarding human driver re-engagement.
Past studies in fact show the opposite. For example, takeover reaction times among individual drivers were shown to be…
The NHTSA has recently published their guidance on vehicle to vehicle communication.
The promises of vehicle to vehicle communication include the improvement of safety by enabling vehicles to communicate with the infrastructure (e.g., traffic signals) and with other…
United Airlines booted a boarded passenger claiming the passenger was selected by the computer system. At what point do…