The Kentucky General Assembly has given final approval to legislation paving the way for autonomous vehicle use on state roadways. The measure includes a phase-in approach to driverless operation.
Passage of the AV bill came late into the night on the last day before a ten-day veto recess. It included, at times, emotional debate. In the end it barely passed at 20-18. Verona GOP Senator Gex Williams says the amended bill requires a driver for vehicles for the first two years.
“They, in fact, are better than a human driver who gets tired, who may get intoxicated, who may get distracted by what’s going in the cab. Those autonomous vehicles will not,” said Williams.
