This week, two of the world’s biggest car regulators looked at the same question and reached opposite answers. The question is simple. What should sit between a human and a moving vehicle?
In the United States, the top auto-safety official floated pulling the steering wheel out altogether. In Europe, new rules took effect that point a camera at the driver’s face and watch it for the whole journey.
One regulator wants to remove the human. The other wants to keep a closer eye on them.
America wants to lose the wheel
Jonathan Morrison runs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the US road-safety regulator. On Thursday, in a CNBC interview, he questioned whether driverless cars should still need manual controls at all.
