Cole Scandaglia
59:20 - 60:27
"One is robust premarket standards at NHTSA, figuring out what has to be on the vehicle to make it safe before it hits the road. The second piece is substantial oversight tools at Federal Motor Carrier Administration to make sure that once there are deployments of these vehicles in a meaningful sense, that Federal Motor Carrier has an idea of how they're functioning and how they're operating"
“One is robust premarket standards at NHTSA, figuring out what has to be on the vehicle to make it safe before it hits the road. The second piece is substantial oversight tools at Federal Motor Carrier Administration to make sure that once there are deployments of these vehicles in a meaningful sense, that Federal Motor Carrier has an idea of how they're functioning and how they're operating”
- Speaker
- Cole Scandaglia
- Timestamp
- 59:20 – 60:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
One is robust premarket standards at NHTSA, figuring out what has to be on the vehicle to make it safe before it hits the road. The second piece is substantial oversight tools at Federal Motor Carrier Administration to make sure that once there are deployments of these vehicles in a meaningful sense, that Federal Motor Carrier has an idea of how they're functioning and how they're operating, and also has the ability to severably take action and enforcement on unsafe autonomous vehicle deployments. And then inasmuch as we do see displacement of workers, that we develop an approach to address workforce concerns that may present themselves down the road, both as that relates to workers whose jobs may change For example, a mechanic who works on a diesel engine is not going to be prepared to work inherently on autonomous vehicle, at least out of the gate. And similarly, if there are to be displacements of drivers, what does the future look like for them? I think it's important that Congress gets in front of this now instead of waiting until it's too late.
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