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California DMV's new automated driving proposal is a bit hard to find, so:

Notice: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/...

Article 3.7: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/...

Article 3.8: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/...

Statement of Reasons: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/...

Comment period ends December 18, 2025
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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"Micromobility" has always been around -- but for far too long has been at both the literal and metaphorical margins of our streets: cyberlaw.stanford.edu/micromobilit...
Micromobility Vehicles in the Park
“Micromobility” refers to a diverse set of transportation modes that, at least on the ground, fall somewhere between traveling by foot and traveling by car: “bicycles, scooters, electric-assist bicycl...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Automotive regulators and developers (including Tesla) recognize that "I am driving this self-driving car" and "I am driving this car that drives itself" are non-sequiturs:

papers.ssrn.com/abstract=563...

"Self-Driving" Means Self-Driving (draft article)
"Self-Driving" Means Self-Driving
Tesla uses the name "Full Self-Driving" to market a driver assistance system that still requires its user to pay attention to the road. And yet, as th
papers.ssrn.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Three years ago I asked ChatGPT's image generator (née DALL-E) to illustrate the facts of the famous case of Palsgraf v. LIRR: ssrn.com/abstract=422...

Today, here's how Google's Gemini Veo interprets Judge Andrews's short summary of these facts:
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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On turquoise lights on cars that cannot drive themselves: cyberlaw.stanford.edu/turquoise-la...
Turquoise lamps on cars that cannot drive themselves
Back in 2011, as Nevada was developing regulations for automated driving, there was debate about whether vehicles should have a special external signal to indicate that they are in automated driving m...
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August 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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2022: "Parsing whether [human agents] are driving or merely assisting distracts from the more important question of whether the company itself is driving *safely* through its hardware and software, its employees and contractors, and its connections between them.
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2022/05...
On Remote Driving
The Law Commission in the United Kingdom recently completed its massive study on domestic legal reform for automated driving. As the UK government works to implement the study’s thoughtful recommendat...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Wondering how Alphabet's Waymo robotaxis compare with Baidu's Apollo robotaxis? My observations from San Francisco and Wuhan are at cyberlaw.stanford.edu/comparing-ro...
Comparing Robotaxis: Baidu's Apollo and Alphabet's Waymo
This comparison between my experience as a passenger in Baidu’s Apollo robotaxis and Alphabet’s Waymo robotaxis is based on multiple rides I took in Wuhan and San Francisco in early 2025 as well as on...
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May 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
bwalkersmith.bsky.social
The US Department of Transportation has released the report of the Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee on which I serve as vice chair:

www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...

Our report makes numerous recommendations on AI, automated driving, project delivery, and innovation for safety.
www.transportation.gov
January 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM