NHTSA Orders Autonomous Cars to Yield to Emergency Vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent directive to autonomous vehicle developers, stating it is unacceptable that their vehicles interfere with ambulances, police, or firefighters. newsindata.org

NHTSA administrator Jonathan Morrison sent a formal letter warning that emergency scenes are not exceptional cases but regular occurrences in urban driving, demanding immediate technological solutions to the problems detected in the United States.