Texas Lawmakers Want More Control of the Tesla Robotaxis on Their Roads

Most of the public information agencies about Tesla’s Robotuxi launch come from a small group invited by the new technology to take the first journey to the new technology. Many people have financial parts; Others have created a media career around the work of electric vehicles and the vicinity of cheerling. Nevertheless, Tesla Robotaxis shows the mistake in some of the videos posted online.

A video looks a robotuxi Abbreviate a double-yellow line In order to drive toward the arrival traffic, an apparent botade attempt to bend a left side. Another show Human monitor Tesla stops Tesla to avoid the backing UPS truck at the parking spot. Another show The car is appearing on the “Phantom Break” – suddenly and sudden stops without any clear reason.

The autonomous vehicles are mostly controlled at the state level, and the current rules of Texas give companies a wide berth to test and deploy its public streets. US National Highway Traffic Protection Administration, Federal Road Safety Watchdog in the country, the technology can only intervene after the streets are already on the streets and proved as unsafe. A spokesman for the NHTSA in response to the enrollment incident writes that the company is “Aware of referenced events and is communicating with the manufacturer to collect additional information.”

According to the law, autonomous vehicles developers must report some events in NHTSA, though the Trump administration is on the administration Restricted data developers need to be shared And some of them allowed to be protected from public views.

New Texas Act, Senate Bill 2807Autonomous vehicles agencies need to achieve operating permits before hitting public roads. Organizations also need to provide the state of emergency response methods for the first response. The law will not be kicked until September 1. Wired Texas Public Safety Department asked whether the company had received the Tesla’s emergency response system before its service was launched on Sunday; The department did not respond.

The new permit process in the state is not almost as close as used by California, which is the first state of the country to create autonomous vehicles tests and establishments. However, the permit means that Texas regulators can interfere with preventing a company from working on the street if the company is thought to be involved in many protection.

The other three companies-Wemo, JamexAnd AV Ride – Open in Austin. Wemoi is the only one to offer public rides in the city, which users can be hail through the Uber app.

Ekhart says he wants Tesla to have a long public time to share mapping, tests and share data before being launched in Tesla Austin. “We need local and state communication to ensure that we are truly fulfilling our public obligation,” he said.