How Does Texas Law Change the Legal Landscape for Automated Vehicles?

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• Alternative Title:
  Policy Brief : How Does Texas Law Change the Legal Landscape for Automated Vehicles?
• Creators:
  Stoeltje, Gretchen ; Antonio, Alexander J. ; Goodin, Ginger
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent vehicles
  • Legal action
  • Technology
  • Testing Automated vehicles
  • Legal
  • Technologies
  • Testing
  • Highways
  • Law
  • Vehicles and Equipment
• Resource Type:
  Policy Statement
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  With the advent of automated vehicle technologies, we are entering a period of transition and uncertainty that involves harmonizing the laws that we have on the books with new issues raised by the technology. Until the 85th Texas Legislature (2017), Texas law did not recognize automated vehicles (AVs), neither for testing nor for operation on Texas roads. Although this law addresses a number of issues that can help to create a legal foundation for the operation of automated vehicles in Texas, several other legal ambiguities remain. This brief identifies and discusses a number of those issues as they apply to automated vehicles.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39591/dot_39591_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 408.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b931d2dfcea75003ebe593e80a457ff8370ce43b72852e7d5a5846778400930a876148bf62a9c04774a1caf5aec0b2bd807dc3c2cc4836487bf3cc3d156a6d4