Autonomous Technology Definitions for the Highway Regulatory Act, Louisiana, 2016

The Legislature of Louisiana passed this bill to define “autonomous technology” for the Highway Regulatory Act. The legislation defines an autonomous vehicle as:

“ a motor vehicle that has the capability to drive the vehicle on which the technology is installed in high-or full-automation mode, without any supervision by a human operator, with specific driving mode performance by the automated driving system of all aspects of the dynamic driving task that can be managed by a human driver, including the ability to automatically bring the motor vehicle into a minimal-risk condition in the event of a critical vehicle or system failure, or other emergency event.”

Updated April 2017