Alphabet's Ron Medford urged the state to quickly issue definitive guidelines "to provide manufacturers with the certainty that they need", although it is clear that lawmakers are still unsure how best to regulate the emerging technology.
Date: May 12, 2017
Source: Google
Self-driving cars may force error-prone human motorists off the road
"Problems with drivers not paying attention or getting sleepy or getting drunk are really ripe for autonomous to do a better job than humans," said Ron Medford, director of safety at Google's self-driving car program and former deputy administrator of the NHTSA.
Date: Sep 24, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
How Google is shaping the rules of the driverless road
able LLP. Daniel Smith, who ran the agencys Office of Vehicle Safety, is now a Google consultant. Ron Medford, former deputy director of the agency, joined Google in 2012 and serves as its autonomous-vehicle safety director. Just one of the four, Lieu, has registered to lobby on Googles behalf.
Date: Apr 26, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Google's self-driving cars are not as safe as first thought
Google fought hard against the rule. Ron Medford, the firm's director of safety for the self-driving car project, said: "This data does not provide an effective barometer of vehicle safety. During testing most 'disengagements' occur for benign reasons, not to avoid an accident."
Date: Jan 13, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Google reports self-driving car mistakes: 272 failures and 13 near misses
Google lobbied hard against the rule. Ron Medford, director of safety for the companys self-driving car project, wrote at the time: This data does not provide an effective barometer of vehicle safety. During testing most disengages occur for benign reasons, not to avoid an accident.
Date: Jan 12, 2016
Source: Google
Eye on Safety, California Sets Rules for Self-Driving Cars
cars are ready just yet, at least a dozen are developing the technology. Google has suggested a model could be ready for limited use sooner than the public expects. In September, the safety chief of its self-driving car project, Ron Medford, said the technology is "close to working pretty damn well."
Date: Dec 17, 2015
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Eye on Safety, California Sets Rules for Self-Driving Cars
are ready just yet, at least a dozen are developing the technology. Google has suggested a model could be ready for limited use sooner than the public expects. In September, the safety chief of its self-driving car project, Ron Medford, said the technology is "close to working pretty damn well."
A Google Car could also cut deeply into the number of drunken driving deaths by about 10,000 related deaths a year, says Ron Medford, who spent 10 years at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration before being named Google Car's safety director.