Oh good. Carjackings will be a lot easier.
AP-
DETROIT (AP) — Companies can now test self-driving cars on Michigan public roads without a driver or steering wheel under new laws that could push the state to the forefront of autonomous vehicle development.
The package of bills signed into law Friday comes with few specific state regulations and leaves many decisions up to automakers and companies like Google and Uber.
It also allows automakers and tech companies to run autonomous taxi services and permits test parades of self-driving tractor-trailers as long as humans are in each truck. And they allow the sale of self-driving vehicles to the public once they are tested and certified, according to the state.
The bills allow testing without burdensome regulations so the industry can move forward with potential life-saving technology, said Gov. Rick Snyder, who was to sign the bills. “It makes Michigan a place where particularly for the auto industry it’s a good place to do work,” he said.
The bills give Michigan the potential to be a leader by giving the companies more autonomy than say, California, which now requires human backup drivers in case something goes awry.
Here are answers to some questions about the laws:
Q: Companies are making a lot of the decisions in putting the cars on public roads. Why does the state think they’ll be safe?
Will the Michigan muslim clerics allow women to sit in the front seats?
Now the muslim suicide car bombers will have no purpose in life at all. Abdul will just load up the self-detonating car, and send it on its way – while he spends the day raping children and goats.
What happens when an asshole like me sees one of these cars and places an object (like a trashcan) at each end of the car? Will it sit there until someone moves them?
“Hello Kitty” ??! Reminds me of the Britisher who made a car-scale working replica of the famous red child’s plastic red and blue car.
r/r –
I’m also a devious asshole… how ’bout an inexpensive self-inflating bladder that could be tossed under these little turds at a stoplight?
Good thing all the other problems facing Michigan have been solved.
Question:
Did the programmers account for all the potholes and out of commission bridges?
“What we need is self-driving cars”, said no sentient human being EVER!
Of course Detroit wants driverless cars! The more that crash, the more replacements they can sell!