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Policy and Regulation of Automated Vehicles: Spotlight on U.S. Federal and States

Authors : Mollie D’Agostino, Kelly Fleming, Kristin White, Marc Scribner, Baruch Feigenbaum

Published in: Road Vehicle Automation 8

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter outlines the key developments and issues in the U.S. national, state and local automated vehicle (AV) policy landscape. There are a range of perspectives among U.S. government and private-sector stakeholders. Despite the wide range of viewpoints, the authors aim to underscore where there is agreement on key policy issues, and where there are opportunities for more discussion. Federal policy to date has focused on a voluntary system for ensuring safety of AVs. Federal regulatory actions have been limited to guidance documents, although the government recently proposed a safety framework for the automated driving system (ADS). States have varied in their approaches to AV policy and this chapter summarizes research coding state activities on a spectrum from more restrictive, such as California, to more permissive, such as Arizona. In the final section of the chapter the authors discuss the role of interstate coalitions. This Chapter is organized into five sections:

Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 National Landscape for Federal AV Legislation and Regulation
Section 3 State Automated Vehicles Policy and Regulation
Section 4 Regional Coalitions
Section 5 Conclusion

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Title: Policy and Regulation of Automated Vehicles: Spotlight on U.S. Federal and States
Authors: Mollie D’Agostino
Kelly Fleming
Kristin White
Marc Scribner
Baruch Feigenbaum
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Road Vehicle Automation 8
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-79818-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-80063-5

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80063-5_3

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