{"id":1372273,"date":"2022-03-12T07:19:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372273"},"modified":"2022-03-12T07:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:20:58","slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-clears-way-for-driverless-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-clears-way-for-driverless-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Clears Way for Driverless Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnational-highway-traffic-safety-administration-clears-way-for-driverless-vehicles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"PageBuilder-col-full PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-col-full PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-col-9 PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\">\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-keyPoints\" id=\"RegularArticle-KeyPoints-4\" data-test=\"keyPoints-1\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-keyPoints-4-1\">\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-list\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<ul>\n<li>Federal vehicle safety regulators have cleared the way for the production and deployment of truly driverless vehicles that do not include manual controls such steering wheels or pedals.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday issued final rules eliminating the need for highly automated and self-driving vehicles to need such controls.<\/li>\n<li>The new rule emphasizes such cars &#8220;must continue to provide the same high levels of occupant protection as current passenger vehicles.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-articleBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-106347579\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCaption\">Cruise Origin<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>DETROIT \u2013 Federal vehicle safety regulators have cleared the way for the production and deployment of driverless vehicles that do not include manual controls such as steering wheels or pedals.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday issued final rules eliminating the requirement that cars with automated driving systems, or self-driving vehicles, include these conventional controls.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/sites\/nhtsa.gov\/files\/2022-03\/Final-Rule-Occupant-Protection-Amendment-Automated-Vehicles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">155-page, &#8220;first-of-its-kind&#8221; ruling<\/a> allows companies to build and deploy autonomous vehicles without manual controls as long as they meet other safety regulations. Current self-driving cars, operating in small numbers in the U.S. today, typically include manual controls for backup safety drivers and to meet federal safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through the 2020s, an important part of USDOT&#8217;s safety mission will be to ensure safety standards keep pace with the development of automated driving and driver assistance systems,&#8221; Transportation Secretary said Pete Buttigieg in a statement. &#8220;This new rule is an important step, establishing robust safety standards for ADS-equipped vehicles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-106866602\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCaption\">Kyle Vogt, co-founder, president and chief technology officer for Cruise Automation Inc., speaks as he stands next to the Cruise Origin electric driverless shuttle during a reveal event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.<\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCredit\">David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>The new rule emphasizes driverless cars &#8220;must continue to provide the same high levels of occupant protection as current passenger vehicles.&#8221; Companies still must meet other safety standards as well as federal, state and local regulations to actually launch and operate driverless vehicles on U.S. roadways.<\/p>\n<p>In a published version of the rule, which was signed by NHTSA Deputy Administrator Steven S. Cliff, the agency wrote that it &#8220;sought to clarify that a manufacturer of ADS-equipped vehicles must continue to apply occupant protection standards to its vehicles even if manual steering controls are not installed in the vehicle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ruling, which was first proposed in March 2020, comes a month after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/GM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Motors<\/a> and its self-driving unit Cruise asked NHTSA for permission to build and deploy a self-driving vehicle without manual controls called the Cruise Origin.<\/p>\n<p>GM and Cruise have previously said they planned to begin production and deployment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/05\/13\/gm-to-begin-production-of-new-driverless-cruise-vehicle-in-early-2023.html\">Origin in early 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GM and Cruise are among 30 or so companies or organizations permitted to test highly automated or self-driving vehicles on U.S. roadways, according to NHTSA. The companies, along with Alphabet&#8217;s Waymo, are believed to be among the leaders in self-driving vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>At an Autonomy Day event in 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised his company would deliver a car without a steering wheel within two years.<\/p>\n<p>While that hasn&#8217;t happened yet, at the time Musk said: &#8220;Once regulators are comfortable with us not having a steering wheel, we will just delete that. 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