The DOT's initiative leaves plenty of room for questionable testers or processes to slip under the wire, but eventually consumers will have access to more information than they have now.
- The Department of Transportation has initiated a voluntary standardized system for autonomous-driving companies and state, local, and federal governments to share data. about self-driving technology and testing.
- The system is not compulsory, and so far only a fraction of the companies working on self-driving-car tech have signed up.
- The group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety are not pleased with the voluntary aspect of the initiative.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced its new voluntary Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing (AV TEST) initiative with nine companies and eight states participating. The system will standardize the way companies and states share information using a platform created by the DOT. AV TEST is meant to expand the transparency of the state of autonomous-car testing, but its voluntary nature could miss any bad actors testing on public roads.
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