Washington Governor To Allow UNMONITORED Autonomous Vehicles On The Roads

Washington governor Jay Inslee signed an order Wednesday that could allow self-driving car tests to begin in the state in just under two months and without a human monitoring from the driver's seat, his office announced in a blog post the same day. 

The order gives self-driving car companies the ability to send applications to the state's Department of Licensing for self-driving car pilot program tests on public roads. In the governor's blog post and in the official order, it states that around 94 percent of all motor vehicle crashes are caused by driver error, and officials believe the use of autonomous cars could have a powerful impact on that. 

atc98092 - 6/9/2017 4:58:38 PM

+1 Boost

Yep, that's our idiot governor. The technology isn't there yet for unmonitored testing, and in no way do I trust some state employee to be able to evaluate an application with the necessary level of quality.

SanJoseDriver - 6/11/2017 10:45:08 PM

+1 Boost

Google is probably the only company right now that is able to put a driverless car on the road today, but this will push others to speed up development. Tesla is about one year out, maybe two. Everyone else is talking 2021-2025 (I wouldn't invest in any of those companies).