Guidelines set for self-driving cars

and called for mandatory enforceable standards.

“This isn’t a vision for safety,” John M. Simpson, privacy project director, said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

“It’s a road map that allows manufacturers to do whatever they want, wherever and whenever they want, turning our roads into private laboratories for robot cars with no regard for our safety.”

The new guidance addresses vehicles in automation levels three through five, which are parameters set forth by SAE International, a Warrendale-based safety nonprofit composed of global technical experts.

Level 3, “conditional automation” is the first level where a human is not in primary control although a licensed driver must be prepared to take over if the system malfunctions. Level 5 is a self-explanatory “full automation.”

Mr. Simpson criticized that narrow focus, noting Level 2 technology, like Tesla’s Autopilot, has been seen as a factor in some driver deaths.

He also noted the NHTSA has not held a public hearing on autonomous vehicle policy since President Trump was inaugurated, and the new DOT Advisory Committee on Automation in Transportation, created in January, has not yet met.

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