Autonomous Vehicle Industry Faces Inconsistent Guidelines As autonomous vehicle testing advances without cohesive federal guidelines, companies are operating under inconsistent or nonexistent rules for how and whether a vehicle is monitored and controlled on the road. by Riley Beggin and Kalea Hall, The Detroit News / April 6, 2021 Shutterstock/Zapp2Photo (TNS) — As autonomous vehicle testing advances without cohesive federal guidelines, companies are operating under inconsistent or nonexistent rules for how and whether a vehicle is monitored and controlled on the road. There are no federal rules requiring companies testing self-driving vehicles on public roads to have the ability to control them remotely. And of the five states where companies most frequently test autonomous vehicles —