New Laws
Jan. 19, 2017
AB 1592: Driverless car regulations
Assembly Bill 1592 authorizes a pilot project in Contra Costa County. By Hilary Rowen
Hilary Rowen
Sedgwick LLPtransactional law
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Harvard Law School
In 2012, California became the first state to enact substantive legislation regulating self-driving cars. Vehicle Code 38750. The 2012 legislation was premised on the autonomous vehicle technology of the time: vehicles with steering wheels, accelerator pedals and brake pedals. The statute specified that all three were required equipment in autonomous vehicles operated on public roads in California.
In just a few years, the c...
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