The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee recently advanced legislation promoting autonomous vehicle testing and deployment.
Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) added three amendments that were adopted in the bill.
The first amendment instructs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to create a publicly available database that lists privacy policies as well as details how personally identifiable information is collected and used.
The second amendment orders the NHTSA to require manufacturers provide clear and concise safety information.
The final amendment stipulates that the Secretary of Transportation must make educational resources available to customers on cybersecurity. Automakers will be required to direct customers to those resources.
“While autonomous vehicles hold the promise of revolutionizing the way we travel, it is our job to animate these transportation technologies with our core American values of safety, security, and privacy,” Markey said. “The legislation passed today in Committee contains several of my amendments that reflect these priorities. As this legislation moves forward, I will continue to work with my colleagues to improve the bill with the goal of establishing the strongest possible rules of the road to protect the public from automotive defects, cyberattacks, and abusive invasions of their privacy.”
The bill now moves to the full Senate for a vote.