Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) requested by DOT’s National Highway Transportations Safety Administration (NHTSA) on “Safety Principles for Automated Driving Systems”. The ANPRM was submitted to ORIA on November 2nd, 2020.
According to the Spring 2020 Unified Agenda:
“This notice solicits comments on regulatory approaches to motor vehicles equipped with Automatic Driving System (ADS). The agency seeks public comments on the creation of a safety framework for objectively and transparently assessing and validating the success of each ADS vehicle or developer in designing safety into its vehicles. More specifically, it asks commenters about developing and establishing a regulatory approach such as amending Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) or developing alternative safety regulations relating to ADS vehicle performance.”
This was a remarkably quick turnaround on this ANPRM for the Trump OIRA. Of course, NHTSA is rather behind the development curve on producing regulations for automated driving systems. Part of that is the lack of Congressional direction, but I suspect that even more is due to regulatory inertia from an Administration that just does not believe in regulations.
We could see the ANPRM published in the Federal Register in
the next week or so.
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