Episode 115: Gonna Work? (Live at the Tech Law Institute)

We made a return to the annual Tech Law Institute meeting in Atlanta and recorded a live episode about self-driving cars. We talked optimism, pessimism, political valence, regulatory challenges, federalism, trolley problems, and more.

This show’s links:

Oral Argument 80: We’ll Do It LIVE!

NHTSA, Federal Automated Vehicles Policy

RAND, Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers

Duncan Black, some posts on self-driving cars: Not Gonna Work, No One Will Listen to Me, Spot the Key Phrase, "the revolutionary transportation technology”….

Chris Martin and Joe Ryan, Super-Cheap Driverless Cabs to Kick Mass Transit to the Curb

Tesla, All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware (announcement includes a vide demonstration)

About Tesla’s Autopilot feature (also Tesla’s page on Autopilot)

Alex Davies, Everyone Wants a Level 5 Self-Driving Car – Here’s What That Means

Oral Argument 102: Precautionary Federalism (guest Sarah Light)

Michael Dorf, Should Self-Driving Cars Be Mandatory?

Oral Argument 41: Sense-Think-Act (guest Ryan Calo)

Oral Argument 70: No Drones in the Park (guest Frank Pasquale)

About trolley problems

Megan Barber, Who Should Driverless Cars Save: Pedestrians or Passengers?

Frank Pasquale, Get off the Trolley Problem

Jules Coleman and William Holahan, Review of Guido Calabresi and Philip Bobbitt’s Tragic Choices