I plan to try and read a bit of your writing since the topic intrigues me. I am retired and spent most of my career in heavily regulated industries. Once your conclusion is that an industry deserves this focus, all sorts of regulatory structure tends to emerge and generally guides good actions IMO. There are many who seek deregulatory behavior, it seems it is, at least in some cases, worthwhile to create such a framework and retain a somewhat onerous oversight structure. It seems to me that Google/Waymo has generally embraced this framework. Perhaps as the first mover with a significant lead, this serves them. Tesla is the polar opposite. They tend to go fast and break stuff. This serves you well if you can skirt regulation, avoid accountability in the courts, etcetera. it is good for you. My argument would be that requiring such actions is in the public interest. I further believe such a structure would also run counter to Waymo in some cases as I imagine that absent a framework they get to decide and propose "compliance regimes" that might have large blindspots. What brought this to mind was reading this report. My experience was with both the FAA and NRC over the years. While I understand the downsides, pooled accident reporting and oversight is a public good.
I plan to try and read a bit of your writing since the topic intrigues me. I am retired and spent most of my career in heavily regulated industries. Once your conclusion is that an industry deserves this focus, all sorts of regulatory structure tends to emerge and generally guides good actions IMO. There are many who seek deregulatory behavior, it seems it is, at least in some cases, worthwhile to create such a framework and retain a somewhat onerous oversight structure. It seems to me that Google/Waymo has generally embraced this framework. Perhaps as the first mover with a significant lead, this serves them. Tesla is the polar opposite. They tend to go fast and break stuff. This serves you well if you can skirt regulation, avoid accountability in the courts, etcetera. it is good for you. My argument would be that requiring such actions is in the public interest. I further believe such a structure would also run counter to Waymo in some cases as I imagine that absent a framework they get to decide and propose "compliance regimes" that might have large blindspots. What brought this to mind was reading this report. My experience was with both the FAA and NRC over the years. While I understand the downsides, pooled accident reporting and oversight is a public good.