State senator from San Jose pushes new driverless vehicle bill NBC Los Angeles [Video]

A state senator from the Bay Area is continuing a drive to get communities more control over driverless cars on their own streets.

As it stands now, communities cannot say where driverless cars can and cannot drive, and local police can’t pull them over.

On Wednesday in Sacramento, state Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) introduced Senate Bill 915, the Autonomous Vehicle Service Deployment and Data Transparency Act, with the goal of changing those policies. The bill advanced through its first hearing, with a second hearing scheduled later this month.

The bill would align driverless vehicle regulations with those of human driven vehicles: Local police could ticket the cars; communities could keep them out of areas of concern, which would keep them from blocking emergency personnel from responding; and they would be subject to the same DMV registration requirements.

Cortese explains the bill’s intentions.

“I think giving cities who know their communities best the opportunity to …