Germany has passed a law to allow its automotive industry to test self-driving cars. The upper house of its Parliament recently approved a legislation setting out the conditions under which these cars could take to German roads.
Under the law, first mooted by Chancellor Angela Merkel last year, a driver must be sitting behind the wheel at all times ready to take back control if prompted to do so by the autonomous vehicle.
The new legislation allows them to road-test vehicles in which drivers will be allowed to take their hands off the wheel and their eyes off the road to browse the web or check emails while the vehicle handles steering or stopping autonomously.
The legislation requires that a black box record the journey underway, logging whether the human driver or the car’s self-piloting system was in charge at all times during driving. This will be crucial for deciding on blame for accidents.

Source: Arab News