TechCrunch Mobility: How do you issue a ticket to a robotaxi?
California's Department of Motor Vehicles has released new autonomous vehicle testing and deployment regulations totaling 100 pages, introducing updated requirements for data sharing, operations, and safety protocols. A key provision allows law enforcement to issue traffic violation notices to robotaxi companies, requiring them to report incidents to the DMV within 72 hours. While the rules eliminate controversial disengagement reports and permit autonomous heavy-duty vehicle testing, industry insiders describe the data collection mandates as burdensome.
- ▪Law enforcement can issue traffic violation notices to AV companies under the new 'Notice of Autonomous Vehicle Noncompliance' rule.
- ▪AV companies must report violations to the DMV within 72 hours, though no monetary fines are currently attached.
- ▪The regulations eliminate annual disengagement reports and replace them with reporting on 'dynamic driving task performance relevant system failure.'
- ▪Autonomous heavy-duty vehicles are now permitted to test and deploy on public roads in California.
- ▪Companies must provide annual updates on first responder interaction plans and maintain two-way communication with 30-second response times.
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! We’re going to do a bit of a deep dive today, which may make this newsletter look a little different than normal. There is a reason! This newsletter is not region-specific, but sometimes there are policies at the state level that have widespread implications for tech companies and startups alike. Which brings me to California and the new autonomous vehicle testing and deployment rules issued this week by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. There are two new sets of rules — collectively 100 pages long — that cover requirements for the testing and deployment of AVs.
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