{"id":4521,"date":"2017-05-11T07:33:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T07:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2017-05-12T13:12:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:12:05","slug":"lawmakers-learn-from-a-hands-off-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/Lawmakers-autonomous-vehicles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4399\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/Lawmakers-autonomous-vehicles-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/Lawmakers-autonomous-vehicles-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/Lawmakers-autonomous-vehicles-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/Lawmakers-autonomous-vehicles-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/Lawmakers-autonomous-vehicles.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A committee of Alabama legislators visited Auburn University in January to learn more about the university\u2019s research on self-driving vehicles before lawmakers considered introducing legislation governing autonomous vehicles in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Legislative Committee to Study Self-Driving Vehicles, chaired by Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, heard presentations from experts in the automotive industry and academia, including Auburn Engineering\u2019s David Bevly, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the GPS and Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Bevly told lawmakers that self-driving cars present an opportunity to improve safety on state roads. Each year, nearly 40,000 fatalities occur on U.S. roads, with almost 1,000 of those in Alabama. Many of these accidents are due to human error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A committee of Alabama legislators visited Auburn University in January to learn more about the university\u2019s research on self-driving vehicles before lawmakers considered introducing legislation governing autonomous vehicles in the state. The Alabama Legislative Committee to Study Self-Driving Vehicles, chaired by Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, heard presentations from experts in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[946,447,947],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach &raquo; Auburn Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach &raquo; Auburn Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A committee of Alabama legislators visited Auburn University in January to learn more about the university\u2019s research on self-driving vehicles before lawmakers considered introducing legislation governing autonomous vehicles in the state. The Alabama Legislative Committee to Study Self-Driving Vehicles, chaired by Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, heard presentations from experts in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Auburn Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-11T07:33:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-05-12T13:12:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/Lawmakers-autonomous-vehicles-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Anthony\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris Anthony\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521\",\"name\":\"Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach &raquo; Auburn Engineer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-11T07:33:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-12T13:12:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/67fb504191c837e5bafcf75823f64f0e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/\",\"name\":\"Auburn Engineer\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/67fb504191c837e5bafcf75823f64f0e\",\"name\":\"Chris Anthony\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaca01bf696cb00e540ef90b5480e514?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaca01bf696cb00e540ef90b5480e514?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chris Anthony\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?author=36\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach &raquo; Auburn Engineer","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach &raquo; Auburn Engineer","og_description":"A committee of Alabama legislators visited Auburn University in January to learn more about the university\u2019s research on self-driving vehicles before lawmakers considered introducing legislation governing autonomous vehicles in the state. The Alabama Legislative Committee to Study Self-Driving Vehicles, chaired by Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, heard presentations from experts in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521","og_site_name":"Auburn Engineer","article_published_time":"2017-05-11T07:33:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-05-12T13:12:05+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/Lawmakers-autonomous-vehicles-1024x683.jpg"}],"author":"Chris Anthony","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris Anthony","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521","url":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521","name":"Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach &raquo; Auburn Engineer","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-05-11T07:33:35+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-12T13:12:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/67fb504191c837e5bafcf75823f64f0e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4521#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lawmakers learn from a hands-off approach"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#website","url":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/","name":"Auburn Engineer","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/67fb504191c837e5bafcf75823f64f0e","name":"Chris Anthony","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaca01bf696cb00e540ef90b5480e514?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaca01bf696cb00e540ef90b5480e514?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chris Anthony"},"url":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?author=36"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4692,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521\/revisions\/4692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}