Autonomous Trucks
A California bill intended to slow down efforts to put autonomous large trucks on state roadways has been put on the back burner. Since 2015, the operation of autonomous trucks on California roadways has been prohibited. Autonomous truck restrictionThe Senate Appropriations Committee this week took up for consideration a bill that would restrict the use of autonomous trucks on California roadways. Aguiar-Curry previously told the Senate Transportation Committee her bill places a needed guardrail on the deployment of autonomous trucks on state roads. She added there is nothing about a human operator that prevents the autonomous trucking industry from testing and deploying autonomous vehicles anywhere in California.