Attempts by the previous US government to develop a federal rules of operation and testing of vehicles with autopilot on public roads did not brought any fruit, and it is not clear how quickly this direction will move the team of the new president of the United States. Meanwhile, automakers are convinced that the existing rules and regulations should be reviewed for the sake of opening up access to public roads of vehicles with an automatic control system.
A report on this subject are going to speak to the American government representatives GM, Toyota and other automakers are interested in testing robocar in American cities. GM representatives are willing to put pressure on humanistic values, referring to the thousands of deaths that could be prevented by early introduction of robocar in the daily lives of Americans. Toyota representative , which had previously talked about the psychological nuances of perception "machine-killers", was not so categorical, but simply stated that the laws of individual states severely limit the possibility of testing the prototypes in their territory. For this reason, Toyota conducts experiments in Michigan, but not in a hurry to California and Massachusetts, although it admits that, sooner or later prototypes robocar of the brand and will be there even after significant bureaucratic red tape.
Volvo is also preferred to conduct the test in Sweden, China and London, slowly in the United States. Competing with the company Lyft Uber would like to run in one of the US pilot robotic taxis major cities later this year, but is limited by bureaucratic barriers.