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From page 89... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 89 Opportunities for Anticipatory Legal Planning and Recommendations This concluding section collects the analyses and recommendations identified in the preceding Findings and Analysis section and provides a summary of key considerations for agencies and a final aggregate analysis that was conducted through the 15-state audit. Read the entire page →
From page 90... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 90 interpretive authority, which may prove problematic in the oversight of a quickly-changing technology. Read the entire page →
From page 91... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 91 RECOMMENDATION TASK 3 PAGE REFERENCE automation. Read the entire page →
From page 92... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 92 RECOMMENDATION TASK 3 PAGE REFERENCE Consider the need to modify following distance requirements for platoons on a state's highways. Read the entire page →
From page 93... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 93 legal issues associated with safe operations of level 4–5 ADS-equipped vehicles will be missed completely. Read the entire page →
From page 94... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 94 5.2 Major Findings and Recommendations Driver and Operator Requirements The first and potentially most urgent legal issue in need of modification is a clarification of the legal status of level 4–5 ADS-equipped vehicles that are being operated with the ADS engaged. Read the entire page →
From page 95... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 95 allow rules of the road and other "driver"-directed requirements to apply to all forms of automated transportation. Read the entire page →
From page 96... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 96  Recommendation 3: Policy makers will need to determine who is best suited to operate C/ADSs at varying levels of automation and adjust the law accordingly for driver's licensing requirements. Read the entire page →
From page 97... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 97 but New Mexico retains its requirement on complete attentiveness to the road at all time. Read the entire page →
From page 98... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 98 responsibility for violations caused by vehicles operating in automated mode at the time of violations or accidents. Read the entire page →
From page 99... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 99 Driver Distractions As Figure 5 below indicates, the majority of states in our sample impose one or more restrictions that limit the types of activities users of level 3 and above ADS-equipped vehicles can engage in while the car is operating with the ADS properly engaged. Read the entire page →
From page 100... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 100  Recommendation 11: In order to track C/ADSs and provide needed information to law enforcement, states may find it useful to include in title and registration documents, from the time of manufacture to the time of junk or salvage, that the vehicle is equipped with a driving automation system or ADS. Read the entire page →
From page 101... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 101 Some states also require safety inspections for vehicles, and while the legislative requirements governing inspections are general, agency regulations promulgated under these statutes can be quite specific. Read the entire page →
From page 102... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 102  Recommendation 14: To the extent that aftermarket modification requirements currently exist in some states, their application to aftermarket conversions of conventional vehicles into C/ADSs remains unclear. Read the entire page →
From page 103... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 103  Recommendation 16: Policy makers should consider the possible needed modifications to lemon laws. Read the entire page →
From page 104... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 104 being flagged by road construction crews, and taking special protections for children in the vicinity of ice cream trucks all may stretch the sensory capabilities of C/ADS programming, which may create barriers for C/ADSs to comply with existing due care legal requirements. Read the entire page →
From page 105... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 105  Recommendation 20: Policy makers may need to consider whether occupant safety requirements need to be revised to take full advantage of C/ADSs' sensory capabilities (e.g., sensing the weight of each passenger, but not the age; disengaging when belts are not in place so that the vehicle will not operate in conflict with safety requirements required by current laws) Read the entire page →
From page 106... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 106 The benefits of automated platoons in trucking arise in part from the ability of the trucks to travel in relatively close proximity to reduce wind drag and increase fuel economy. Read the entire page →
From page 107... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 107 Moreover, for those states that do dictate a following distance (six states in our 15-state sample) Read the entire page →
From page 108... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 108 There are several other types of legal modifications that state legislatures may find useful with respect to the operation of automated platoons. Read the entire page →
From page 109... ... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 109 Local authority to regulate platoons may need to be revisited if local control effectively operates as a veto over the use of platoons in large portions of the states. Read the entire page →

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... NCHRP 20-102(07) Interim Report 89 Opportunities for Anticipatory Legal Planning and Recommendations This concluding section collects the analyses and recommendations identified in the preceding Findings and Analysis section and provides a summary of key considerations for agencies and a final aggregate analysis that was conducted through the 15-state audit.