AB 1592 - This proposed legislation will not satisfy Google, but it does expressly permit a planned pilot of driverless transit by the Contra Costa Transit Authority, presumably the one planned at the Bishop Ranch office park. The bill would permit for a Contra Costa transit vehicle to operate without a steering wheel or brakes.
Tennessee
HB 1564/SB 1561 - The proposed bill conceives of both ORAVs and NORAVs. ORAVs are operator-required autonomous vehicles, meaning that a human driver is present and the machinery (i.e. steering wheel, brakes) is in place to allow for a person to take over the operation of the vehicle. The legislation is specific about when testing of these vehicles is permitted and mirrors the current laws in the few other states that allow for driverless testing.
NORAVs are no-operator-required autonomous vehicles. For NORAVs, the legislation pretty much kicks the can down the road.
[T]his bill requires the department of safety, in consultation with the department of transportation, to promulgate rules for the testing, sale or leasing, and operation of NORAVs. The rules must establish standards for equipment used in autonomous systems and for the performance of a NORAV that are necessary to ensure the safe operation of such vehicles on the streets and highways of this state.If passed, the Tennessee law would not become effective for almost a year, until Jan. 1, 2017. There is no deadline provided for NORAV regulations to be promulgated and to become effective.
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