It's rare when competing companies work together but when they do, they're bound to move mountains. In this case, Google, Uber and Lyft are planning to move the self-driving car industry and regulations to their favor.
Self-driving cars seems to sound like a good idea. The only set back now is, how can these cars operate between different state laws? How will they be considered safe wherever they go?
Uber and Lyft have been known rivals but when Google joins, it's a different story. These three companies formed an alliance to influence the American state authorities to push self-driving car regulations fast. And they're not alone. According to Reuters, automaking companies Ford and Volvo, have joined the cause and formed the "Self Driving Coalition for Safer Streets." This is a lobby group that attempts to convince law-makers that the self-driving car tech is safe and beneficial to American, and worldwide, life. While these big companies try to convince the government to push the tech, what's going to happen to the human drivers?
According to PC World, Uber has been looking at the self-driving car tech for quite a while now and it's planning to get rid of any labor headaches it has previously encountered. JobsNHire previously reported that Uber and Lyft drivers are being required to have business permits in order to operate.
Reports indicate that if these companies are looking at cutting the manual work force then the businesses can stand to make a considerable amount of money with it's automated fleet.
America is not alone in this self-driving battle to the finish line. European Truckers may be looking at the same concern when big trucking companies decide to shift to self-driving delivery trucks once inter-country safety regulations gets standardized and approved.
