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Self-Driving Cars: On The Road To A New Regulatory Era, Brian A. Browne

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

"Self-driving cars shatter the schism between federal and state safety regulations for automobiles in the United States…. In Part I, this paper will define self-driving cars and their benefits, describe the imminent safety issues they present for regulatory agencies, and introduce the most commonly analyzed legal issues for self-driving cars. Part II will give background information on the United States regulates motor vehicles by first describing the federal government’s traditional role in regulating vehicle safety via NHTSA. Then, Part II will explain the preliminary actions NHTSA and several state governments have taken to preliminarily regulate self-driving cars. Part III will …