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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has allowed Google computers (Alphabet) qualify as drivers under federal law. The decision was made February 4, 2016, the document yesterday, опубликован the official website of NHTSA .
Published document - a letter the chief legal adviser to NHTSA Hemmersbauha Paul (Paul Hemmersbaugh) in response to the request of November 12, 2015, where Google has offered design of the car, which "does not need a driver»
"NHSTA will interpret the term" driver "in the context of the construction described the vehicle as belonging to the self-propelled system, rather than to any of the occupants of the vehicle, - the letter says. - We agree with Google that its automotive car will not have a "driver" in the traditional sense in which cars have drivers for the past more than a hundred years "
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Now the United States is an active work on the creation of rules and laws for autopilots, because many of the cars are ready to automatically take part of the route or a route without human assistance. California has proposed a draft of the rules requiring compulsory stay in the driver's cabin with an identity. Not everyone agrees with this requirement. In any case, there remains a lot of legal nuances. On the other hand, if NHSTA expressed its willingness to recognize the AI equivalent alternative to a person with a driver's license, the proposal applies to California AI - a computer program would be "the driver with an identity»
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Perhaps the program will first need to pass a standard test to obtain the rights. In Russia, this is a theoretical and practical exams with a ride through the city.
The question remains a need to equip unmanned vehicle controls such as the steering wheel, brake pedal, the rear view mirror and other elements designed for the human anatomy. As long as it is necessary according to standard NHSTA requirements for vehicle safety.
In a letter dated 12 November 2015, Google suggested that the vehicle equipment such elements threatens the security, because a person can take control and have an accident.
Such mandatory elements of a tire pressure sensor on the dashboard also do not need a computer. NHSTA promised to change the rules within 6 months. Changing federal laws may take several years.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/270786/
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