From: Center for Democracy & Technology
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The regulation of smart cars – and various technologies within these vehicles – has been complicated by conflicting regulatory priorities and overlapping jurisdiction held by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The Road Should Begin at NHTSA
Regulating autonomous vehicles should begin with the NHTSA. The agency has broad authority to regulate “motor vehicle safety” and has experience dealing with automakers and vehicle components and technologies. While NHTSA has already made it quite clear that regulating autonomous technologies falls within its responsibilities for addressing vehicle safety, it is less clear how it might regulate with regard to privacy and cybersecurity.
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