‘Supervised’ self-driving cars are here – and Australia’s laws aren’t ready. Here are 3 ways to fix them
In September, US electric car maker Tesla rolled out a semi-autonomous driving feature it describes as “the future of transport” in Australia. As its name suggests, the Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system blurs the line between human and machine control. Our current licensing and road-safety frameworks were not designed to handle this situation. A federal government strategy for high-tech road transport released last week has little to say about how this new semi-autonomous technology should be managed.