[Splatter]

Question: Is it expected that, as a result of this legislation, there will be rigorous behavioral and performance definitions and standards that self-driving cars, however that is defined, will have to meet?

IOW, similar to, or in addition to, the FMVSS, will manufacturers have a series of regulations that define the minimum requirements of objective performance criteria for cars sold as "self-driving"? If so, what would those criteria be? Will there be software source code audits to exhibit that the software wasn't written specifically for the testing (vis-a-vis VW)? Finally, will superior test results become marketing fodder for manufacturers in the way acceleration and cornering are now?

[danblick]

It seems like the legislation would delegate responsibility for coming up with such policies to the Secretary of transportation and gives them 24 months to come up with such rules.

‘‘§ 30129. Updated or new motor vehicle safety stand- 10 ards for highly automated vehicles 11 ‘‘(a) SAFETY ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATION.— 12 ‘‘(1) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 24 months 13 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 14 Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule 15 requiring the submission of safety assessment certifi- 16 cations regarding how safety is being addressed by 17 each entity developing a highly automated vehicle or 18 an automated driving system. Such rule shall in- 19 clude— 20 ‘‘(A) a specification of which entities are 21 required to submit such certifications; 22 ‘‘(B) a clear description of the relevant test 23 results, data, and other contents required to be 24 submitted by such entity, in order to dem- 25 onstrate that such entity’s vehicles are likely to

http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20170727/106347/BILLS...