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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has updated its automotive safety rules to exempt vehicles with self-driving capability from some passenger safety requirements in an effort to streamline the development of the technology.
GM s Cruise division has petitioned NHTSA for permission to test autonomous vehicles without a steering wheel and pedals on public roads. (Cruise)
Among the changes announced Thursday are the elimination of passenger crash safety standards for vehicles designed to only carry goods and the removal of requirements that vehicles must have a defined driver seat with unique protection, even if they are engineered to be fully autonomous.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued new occupant protection safety standards this week for shared autonomous vehicles like the Cruise Origin.
This new final ruling from the NHTSA mainly addresses outdated safety standards that referred to autonomous vehicles without traditional controls as having a “driver’s seat” with access to manual controls. Many shared vehicles do not have a traditional driver’s seat or manual controls, so the NHTSA safety standards have been amended to recognize this.
Additionally, all front seating positions in a shared autonomous vehicle will now be considered “front outboard passenger seats.” These seats will be subject to the same federal regulations as other front outboard passenger seats in traditional vehicles, including the placement of advanced airbags. Children may occupy these front seats in shared vehicles, so the standards will require AV manufacturers to install sensors that can detect when a ch