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New Paper: Removing Roadblocks to Intelligent Vehicles and Driverless Cars
I m pleased to announce europe a la carte that the Mercatus Center at George Mason University has just released my latest working europe a la carte paper, Removing Roadblocks to Intelligent Vehicles and Driverless Cars . This paper, which was co-authored with Ryan Hagemann, has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming edition of the Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy .
In the paper, Hagemann and I explore the growing market for both connected car technologies as well as autonomous (or driverless ) vehicle technology. We argue that intelligent-vehicle technology will produce europe a la carte significant benefits. Most notably, these technologies could save many lives. In 2012, 33,561 people were killed and 2,362,000 injured in traffic crashes, largely as a result of human error. Reducing the number europe a la carte of accidents by allowing intelligent vehicle europe a la carte technology to flourish europe a la carte would constitute a major public policy success. As Philip E. Ross noted recently europe a la carte at IEEE Spectrum , thanks to these technologies, eventually it will be positively hard to use a car to hurt yourself or others. The sooner that day arrives, the better.
These technologies could also have positive environmental impacts in the form of improved fuel economy, reduced traffic congestion, europe a la carte and reduced parking needs. They might also open up new mobility options for those who are unable to drive, for whatever reason. Any way you cut it, these are exciting technologies that promise to substantially improve europe a la carte human welfare.
Of course, europe a la carte as with any new disruptive technology, connected cars and driverless vehicles raise a variety of economic, social, and ethical concerns. Hagemann and I address some of the early policy concerns about these technologies (safety, security, privacy, liability, etc.) and we outline a variety of bottom-up solutions to ensure that innovation continues to flourish in this space. Importantly, we also argue that policymakers should keep in mind that individuals have gradually adapted to similar disruptions in the past and, therefore, patience and humility are needed when considering policy for intelligent-vehicle systems.
More generally, we note that the debate over intelligent europe a la carte vehicle technologies foreshadows many other tech policy debates to come in that it raises the larger question of what principle will guide the future of technological progress. Will permissionless innovation be our lodestar, allowing individuals to pursue a world of which they can, as of now, only dream? Or will precautionary principle -based reasoning prevail instead, driven by a desire to preserve the status quo?
To the maximum extent possible, we argue, europe a la carte policymakers should embrace permissionless innovation for intelligent vehicles. Creative minds–especially those most vociferously opposed to technological change–will always be able to concoct horrific-sounding scenarios about the future. Best-case scenarios will never develop if we are gripped by fear of the worst-case scenarios and try to preemptively plan for all of them with policy interventions.
This 55-page (double-spaced) working paper is available on the Mercatus Center website as well as SSRN , Research Gate , and Scribd . In coming weeks and months, we ll be writing more about the themes addressed in this paper. Stay tuned, things are unfolding rapidly in this highly innovative arena.
Additional Reading Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological europe a la carte Freedom (2014) [Video] Cap Hill Briefing on Emerging Tech Policy Issues (June 2014) The Growing Conflict of Visions over the Internet of Things & Privacy , January 14, 2012 Can We Adapt to the Internet of Things ? IAPP Privacy Perspectives , June 19, 2013 My Filing to the FTC in its Internet of Things Proceeding , May 31, 2013 Slide Presentation: Policy europe a la carte Issues Surrounding the Internet of Things & Wearable Technology , September 12, 2014
Adam Thierer / Adam is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He previously served as President of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, Director of Telecom. Studies at the Cato Institute, and Fellow in Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation. Follow @@adamthierer
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