California doesn’t allow heavier self-driving vehicles.
The letter makes the case that California is falling behind other states with more permissive rules regarding the types of AVs that can operate on public roads. California is a hotbed of AV testing, with the exception of semitrailer trucks, which are quickly becoming a focal point in the technology’s development.
“In effect, it has been ten years since the initial 2012 enabling legislation, and over this period, there has been no movement for autonomous trucking regulation,” the letter states. “We are now asking your Administration to initiate a thoughtful rulemaking process that gives autonomous trucks a chance to work for California and Californians—making our state the global hub for the technology that will define the future of transportation.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles said it was working with the state’s highway patrol on “developing regulations governing autonomous vehicles weighing more than 10,001 pounds, but has not established a timetable for that rulemaking process,” a spokesperson said. Long-haul trucking is likely to be one of the first broad applications of automated driving technologies. Indeed, there are widespread fears in the trucking industry that autonomous technology will lead to enormous displacement among truck drivers.found that automated trucks could reduce the demand for drivers by as much as 50 to 70 percent in the US and Europe by 2030, with 4.4 million of the 6.4 million professional drivers on both continents rendered obsolete.
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