Clear regulatory barriers for automated vehicles
What the document says“NHTSA should work to remove regulatory barriers by focusing on updating vehicle standards as well as publishing performance-based rules for the operations of automated vehicles”
The chapter asks for a technology-neutral approach with safety as the first priority, and separately that the motor carrier agency clarify its rules so that drivers can be safely removed from the operation of a commercial vehicle. It says these technologies can save lives and expand mobility for people with disabilities, aging populations and communities where car ownership is impractical.
What the document actually says“NHTSA should work to remove regulatory barriers by focusing on updating vehicle standards as well as publishing performance-based rules for the operations of automated vehicles”
The safety agency should clear the rules out of the way. It should set rules based on how well a car performs.
Cars that drive themselves face old rules written for human drivers. The book says those rules should be updated. New rules would judge how well the car performs.
Read against the documents indexed here on August 26, 2026, and nothing was found that answers this. No indexed rule updates the federal motor vehicle safety standards for automated vehicles, publishes performance-based rules for how they operate, or clarifies the motor carrier rules on removing a driver from a commercial vehicle. The nearest candidate, rule-2025-10586, is a highway safety agency interpretive rule about fuel economy, and rule-2026-16388 sets rules for scooters and similar devices in national parks. That is a record of a search, not a finding that nothing has happened: an act this site does not hold, or one that answers the proposal in words unlike its own, would not be caught by it.