"The campaign, announced on Wednesday, counts among its goals passing legislation that would require tech developers to be clearer about the limits of their driving technology; report more specific and public crash information to states; and use multiple sensors on their vehicles. In the US, regulations governing autonomous vehicles are generally handled by the states, whose laws range from stringent (California) to relatively permissive (Arizona, Texas). Fourteen US states don't have autonomous-vehicle-related laws at all."
"Sanchez, a physicist, had been following Tesla closely since he got involved in the Tesla Takedown movement earlier this year, leading demonstrations outside of a showroom in Boston to protest CEO Elon Musk's involvement with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Somers had worked as an engineer at the self-driving vehicle developer Zoox for half a decade. (He's since left the autonomous vehicle industry.)"
An advocacy group named SAVE-US is pressing state lawmakers to adopt stricter autonomous vehicle regulations to ensure the technology saves lives rather than causes harm. The group's proposed measures include clearer disclosure of driving-technology limits, more specific and public crash reporting to states, and a requirement for multiple sensor types on vehicles. State-level autonomous-vehicle laws vary widely across the United States, with fourteen states lacking any AV-related laws. SAVE-US will initially target lawmakers in large states such as Illinois, New York, and New Jersey. The group's national campaign director and technical adviser have backgrounds in physics, activism, and industry, and formed concerns after a California DMV hearing alleging Tesla misrepresented driver-assistance capabilities.
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