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Recent action taken by California's Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has ultimately paved the way for driverless cars to carry passengers in Los Angeles and around the state. Based on the action taken by the CPUC, two programs have now been authorized that will permit the carrying of passengers in driverless vehicles. Since there are two separate programs that will allow…

In a recent Newport Beach accident in late July of 2018, a driver was killed in a crash with an Uber car after the driver's vehicle crossed over a raised median. The crash occurred after a possible drunk driver was reportedly driving on that stretch of highway, according to a report received by Newport Beach officers. It remains to be seen…

Few car accidents have received more national attention in recent years than the spate of accidents involving self-driving cars. These high-profile accidents have varied, whether they are related to Google's first self-driving car crash in 2016 or the first driver killed with a self-driving vehicle's "Autopilot" system turned on (Tesla's Tesla S model sports car in 2016). Most recently, however,…

When new technology transforms our lives, it can be difficult to remember what life was like before those technologies existed. For example, it was only 1989 when the first Internet service providers offered the public Internet access for a fixed monthly fee. Today, most homes have rapid Internet download speeds, Netflix access and similar technologies that are taken for granted.…

For most drivers, it likely comes as little surprise that traffic congestion is a frequent contributing cause of car accidents. Now, to be sure, traffic is not nearly as dangerous to public safety as drunk or distracted driving, but this does not mean traffic congestion is a negligible safety risk. Far from it, in fact. Today, there are well over…

It is no great surprise that, in many respects, ride-sharing has transformed how millions of Americans travel. The fact that millions of Americans depend on ride-sharing for transportation is reinforced by Uber's $72 billion valuation in early 2018. And, in the city of San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area alone, Uber drivers made more than $1.07 billion in 2017. To…

In March of 2018, the first fatal accident involving a self-driving car occurred in Tempe, Arizona. The accident involved an Uber self-driving vehicle, and shortly thereafter, the leading ride-sharing company took its self-driving vehicles off the road. Now, approximately four months after that fatal incident, Uber is returning its self-driving cars to public roads. However, there are notable changes meant to…