Alarmed by Tesla’s public self-driving test, state legislators demand answers from DMV

As drivers participating in the ‘beta test’ post videos of their cars making potentially disastrous mistakes, state legislators are growing concerned about the danger that the DMV’s stance poses to other drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and scooter riders. — Reuters

Tesla is developing driverless cars on California’s public roadways using its own customers as test drivers and shrugging off test-reporting requirements – and, so far, the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles has been largely content to look the other way.

But as drivers participating in the “beta test” post videos of their cars making potentially disastrous mistakes, state legislators are growing concerned about the danger that the DMV’s stance poses to other drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and scooter riders.