Autonomous Trucks
The bill would restrict autonomous vehicles weighing 10,001 pounds or more. The proposal, which previously passed in the California State Assembly, now goes before the Senate Appropriations Committee. The DMV oversees a permit program to allow driverless operations on public roads, but heavy-duty vehicles are currently not allowed, the agency says. The union later critiqued the DMV as considering a regulatory framework that would allow heavy-duty AVs to operate possibly by 2024 without consent from the Legislature. Critics of the bill suggested the measure was too stringent and questioned whether legislators should be involved or not.