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Waymo Under Investigation for Driverless Car Crashes and Traffic Violations (www.thedrive.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The NHTSA is probing Google-supported Waymo regarding crashes caused by its driverless taxi program and underperforming self-driving tech.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is independent government oversight. That's NHTSA, the agency doing these investigations. The companies operating these vehicles also have insurance as a requirement of public operating permits (managed by the states). NHTSA also requires mandatory reporting of accidents involving these vehicles and has safety standards.

The only thing missing is the fee, and I'm not sure what purpose that's supposed to serve. Regulators shouldn't be directly paid by the organizations they're regulating.