| March 5, 2018 | 07:58am
"Arizona Governor Doug Ducey ended the era of unfettered self-driving car companies last week, creating a detailed system of rules and a type of licensing system for the vehicles. . . "Blogger Note: and the Arizona insurance industry wants to get its fair share
"Ducey's new executive order is being described as an "update" of his permissive 2015 order that resulted in a fleet of hundreds of semi-autonomous cars on state roads. White Waymo and gray Uber vehicles, bristling with cameras and antennas, have become a common sight in Tempe and Chandler (and Mesa). The state is now considered a leader in the technology, though the dry, warm climate and other factors have attracted the firms. . . Officials were never that clear about any limitations of the 2015 order. The March 1 rules follow several news articles, including in Phoenix New Times, that posed questions about the liabilities and lack of rules for the vehicles already being tested.
According to Ducey's staff, officials were also motivated after the federal government published guidelines for the vehicles last fall
. . . Ducey's latest order gives definitions that should help the public better understand what's going on, and how the state will help manage the futuristic technology. Americans remains wary of the concept of fully autonomous vehicles; polls show most people aren't ready to get in one.
The order rolls back some of Ducey's freewheeling policy on self-driving cars.In December 2016, the state Department of Transportation touted the lack of rules in news release about Uber's decision to test its vehicles in Arizona . . .
The governor created a self-driving car oversight committee staffed with representatives of ADOT, the state Department of Insurance, Ducey's office, and the University of Arizona, and given a mission to advise state agencies and universities on how to best advance self-driving cars. The board met once, online records show, or perhaps twice, and did little else.
Read more > http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news
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About the reporter
Ray Stern has worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won many awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism
Contact: Ray Stern
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Waymo self-driving cars in Arizona now truly driverless - AZCentral.com
https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/.../waymo...arizona.../83772
Nov 7, 2017 - Waymo self-driving cars now will operate on Arizona roadways with nobody behind the wheel. ... Much like the Uber Volvos and Chevy Bolts testing autonomous technology in the Phoenix area, Waymo's Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans and Lexus RX 450h ..... Self-driving cars learn how to drive in Mesa.
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