Autonomous Trucks
For years farm groups and manufacturers have tried to convince California’s workplace regulator to relax a ban on driverless tractors. Similar debates are now at play in the Legislature over a potential ban on driverless trucks. “There's absolutely no reason to believe the San Francisco experience won't be repeated in testing driverless trucks,” she said. Opponents of driverless tractors raised public safety alarms by referencing accidents on urban streets with Teslas, just as AB 316 proponents equated driverless trucks with robotaxis. That state, along with Texas, has also taken the lead in allowing driverless trucks.