Autonomous car in the summer – but where? – Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told me the other day that the Model S electric car from summer to start getting yourself driving functions. For example, the car should be able to run up himself from the garage, and manage the journey on the highway without the driver lifting a finger.

That would imply that the Tesla gets there before, Volvo, Google and other companies that also keeps on testing technology . No major automakers have announced self-driving cars in normal traffic this year.

But the big question mark is the framework – is self-driving cars legal? Several experts answer no, and points out that the rules had time to get in place is quite strict.

Wired leaning against the expertise that say the opposite. “This is the America, so anything that is not illegal is legal,” writes the magazine, noting that only a handful of states still explicitly regulate självkörandet.

However, there is general safety precautions that can be used, if nymodigheterna greeted by a critical public opinion.

– Right now is the attitude of the general public as important as, or more important than, specific legal clauses, says Bryant Walker Smith of the University of South Carolina.