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* California - Drive Toward Autonomous Cars Shouldn’t Be So Automatic, Critics Warn
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -WardsAuto, by Erik Derr -Oct. 8, 2012: -- Liability and privacy issues are among concerns. If those aren’t addressed, “expect a bumpy road ahead,” says one auto industry group... The rush toward driverless cars by Golden State lawmakers needs to be tempered by the growing risks the technology poses to auto makers, a leading manufacturer group says... Hours after Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill authorizing state regulations for autonomous vehicles by 2015, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, whose members account for 77% of all car and light-truck sales in the U.S., warns of the need to go slow... The new legislation offers no protection to the maker of a vehicle that has been converted to an autonomous unit without the consent or even knowledge of the manufacturer, the trade organization argues... Vehicles currently are designed to be operated by people who are expected to maintain control and operate them safely, but SB 1298, the newly signed bill, “envisions autonomous vehicles where responsibility for safe operation rests on the autonomous system,” the group says... Citing Google’s widely criticized track record of protecting user privacy, John Simpson, privacy project supervisor for the nonprofit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog said, the new driverless law demonstrates safeguarding personal privacy is not “high on people’s priorities right now” ...
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