Congress is starting to move and lawyers are getting involved stuff could happen

https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2019/08/08/what-lawyers-say-can-get-congress-self-driving-cars-bill-in-drive/

DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS— MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN

After two years of  being on the shelf  collecting dust, it appears that federal lawmakers are seriously looking at enacting some self-driving  related legislation.  How do we know it is time to act?  Well lawyers from  all sides including insurance companies are starting  a push to influence the law.  When  lawyers get involved you can rest assured that industries  are talking to lawmakers about language and obligations.  Please check out the above. Link as it is one of the few  places that disability is mentioned.  

It would be great  if large  institutional players would get into this discussion and now!  The NRA (no not that NRA  The National Rehabilitation Association should get its members educated and motivated.  NCIL and APRIL the nations two most important  disability rights organizations should start to blow the trumpet of involvement for  the centers for independent living their staff members, and consumers of disability services.  APRIL  has led the charge on many  transportation legislation  activities over the past couple decades and needs to extend a special effort  now.  It is not enough to say “it is all covered under the ADA’ as our current  transportation. Are far from inclusive and  accessible for all citizens wishing to participate in the social side of their communities.  

Does every. Self-driving vehicle need to be accessible?  Yes if the government is going to. Own or pay the operation of  any of them.  Is this a practical goal for all car. Makers?  Yes.  If you have asked  people 100 years ago whether  this nation would be covered with automobiles freeways, and would people  get into  metal tubes and be flying around the world many  folks would have looked at you strange.  Oh and if you  would have described a smart phone and the internet  to folks 50 years ago they would have been shaking their heads.  

If a company refuses to meet this guideline that’s simple enough—just don’t let them operate  in our country.  I hate  to use the gender or race cards, however they apply here.  Could you imagine  if car makers were allowed to  state that our cars are not to be  driven by caucasians  or females with red hair?  Well that might create a stir I’d think.  

Anyway to sum up the legislation around. Self-driving at the federal level is starting to move and people with disabilities and the primary disability rights organizations need to. Become very active  before things are too  late.  The civil rights of too many are at stake and we should not be  caught. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL” if we can get into the car to start with.

DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS— MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN

After two years of  being on the shelf  collecting dust, it appears that federal lawmakers are seriously looking at enacting some self-driving  related legislation.  How do we know it is time to act?  Well lawyers from  all sides including insurance companies are starting  a push to influence the law.  When  lawyers get involved you can rest assured that industries  are talking to lawmakers about language and obligations.  Please check out the above. Link as it is one of the few  places that disability is mentioned.  

It would be great  if large  institutional players would get into this discussion and now!  The NRA (no not that NRA  The National Rehabilitation Association should get its members educated and motivated.  NCIL and APRIL the nations two most important  disability rights organizations should start to blow the trumpet of involvement for  the centers for independent living their staff members, and consumers of disability services.  APRIL  has led the charge on many  transportation legislation  activities over the past couple decades and needs to extend a special effort  now.  It is not enough to say “it is all covered under the ADA’ as our current  transportation. Are far from inclusive and  accessible for all citizens wishing to participate in the social side of their communities.  

Does every. Self-driving vehicle need to be accessible?  Yes if the government is going to. Own or pay the operation of  any of them.  Is this a practical goal for all car. Makers?  Yes.  If you have asked  people 100 years ago whether  this nation would be covered with automobiles freeways, and would people  get into  metal tubes and be flying around the world many  folks would have looked at you strange.  Oh and if you  would have described a smart phone and the internet  to folks 50 years ago they would have been shaking their heads.  

If a company refuses to meet this guideline that’s simple enough—just don’t let them operate  in our country.  I hate  to use the gender or race cards, however they apply here.  Could you imagine  if car makers were allowed to  state that our cars are not to be  driven by caucasians  or females with red hair?  Well that might create a stir I’d think.  

Anyway to sum up the legislation around. Self-driving at the federal level is starting to move and people with disabilities and the primary disability rights organizations need to. Become very active  before things are too  late.  The civil rights of too many are at stake and we should not be  caught. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL” if we can get into the car to start with.

DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS— MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN

After two years of  being on the shelf  collecting dust, it appears that federal lawmakers are seriously looking at enacting some self-driving  related legislation.  How do we know it is time to act?  Well lawyers from  all sides including insurance companies are starting  a push to influence the law.  When  lawyers get involved you can rest assured that industries  are talking to lawmakers about language and obligations.  Please check out the above. Link as it is one of the few  places that disability is mentioned.  

It would be great  if large  institutional players would get into this discussion and now!  The NRA (no not that NRA  The National Rehabilitation Association should get its members educated and motivated.  NCIL and APRIL the nations two most important  disability rights organizations should start to blow the trumpet of involvement for  the centers for independent living their staff members, and consumers of disability services.  APRIL  has led the charge on many  transportation legislation  activities over the past couple decades and needs to extend a special effort  now.  It is not enough to say “it is all covered under the ADA’ as our current  transportation. Are far from inclusive and  accessible for all citizens wishing to participate in the social side of their communities.  

Does every. Self-driving vehicle need to be accessible?  Yes if the government is going to. Own or pay the operation of  any of them.  Is this a practical goal for all car. Makers?  Yes.  If you have asked  people 100 years ago whether  this nation would be covered with automobiles freeways, and would people  get into  metal tubes and be flying around the world many  folks would have looked at you strange.  Oh and if you  would have described a smart phone and the internet  to folks 50 years ago they would have been shaking their heads.  

If a company refuses to meet this guideline that’s simple enough—just don’t let them operate  in our country.  I hate  to use the gender or race cards, however they apply here.  Could you imagine  if car makers were allowed to  state that our cars are not to be  driven by caucasians  or females with red hair?  Well that might create a stir I’d think.  

Anyway to sum up the legislation around. Self-driving at the federal level is starting to move and people with disabilities and the primary disability rights organizations need to. Become very active  before things are too  late.  The civil rights of too many are at stake and we should not be  caught. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL” if we can get into the car to start with. Blogging 

Answers to all your questions about self driving vehicles: yes we would like to have them too

ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. ABOUT. SELF-DRIVING  CARS—Well Maybe. Not

Well the latest poll results are out and ...some percentage of  the population somewhere  don’t trust  autonomous vehicles.

Car l company X makes outrageous claims about when they. Will have. “Fully” self-driving  cars on the road.  

These are the answers to  a couple of questions that keep  recurring in the news or on Google Alerts.  Therefore if you sign up. For  these alerts you will be able to answer  these questions.  There’s only one thing wrong with that logic.  Actually  there is more than one thing wrong.  Let’s. Explore this further.

How many. People reading this know when the first  Model. T. Came off the assembly line?  When did these cars hit the streets in let’s say  New York or Atlanta?  How many people know the answer to these questions?  I bet very few.  Why? Because it’s not important.  

Which. Cart/vehicle makers are not  involved in developing new technology?  Well it seems like any company wishing. To sell cars in the coming  decades always have something in development—right?  This is certainly the case. For electronic and autonomous  vehicles.  So everyone is making them.  

If the questions of who is making them and  exactly when  they will  be here are. Not that important  and history seems to tell us this, what are the real questions to be  aware of and  putting  attention to?

It k seems far important. To. Answer  the questions of where, how, and Who

Some  of these vehicles are already on the streets and functioning because some companies decided there product would work in a given  situation.  They have decided that their sensors could  be relied. Upon  to navigate in certain cities and under certain  weather conditions.  Many companies. Have selected  a pre-determined  route  for these vehicles using them as shuttle busses  or connectors. Between. Other forms of transit.  Almost by default. They  have decided. Who will have access  to this form of transportation.  

My question is—Can we trust the car makers to fully. Consider the  greatest  level of transportation and mobility  need and  work from there?  If  not, the “who” question. Wil be answered  with a simple answer.  “We don’t care if people with disabilities and seniors are left behind again.   We don’t. Care especially. If these folks live in. Rural areas. Of small towns and if it snows there—well  don’t expect us to worry about you.  Reading  six or seven and sometimes  more  news reports  every day, I still haven’t seen  the questions about access  answered  in Aires’s release  from any major  manufacturer .  Do some of the  cars/vans/shuttles have accessible features?  Yes a few do, however if I’m the average citizen or a family member of  a person with a disability how  will know if the self-driving.car can really be and opgtion?   So finally... 

Why  are we  moving toward  these types of transportation?  

Our current  patchwork, developed without a  unified landing process is ineffective.  This is another way—for. What we pay our “system” sucks for many people and we have finally realized  we have to change.  

Why not  include more of the people  who rate adversely  impacted by. The current system being brought. I got the  arena.  

Would t help if the press quit ansing.  The rollout  time and quit worrying about whose doing what. To gain. More market share.  It’s time to. Ask who gets to determine how these. New options  will serve  our purposes and needs.  Come on car makers and reporters you know these are the real  questions— can we starts seeing some real answers?