focused on Level 5 vehicles that would essentially eliminate the driver from the equation. However, in order for lawmakers to allow these vehicles on our roads, they essentially need to outperform humans at every turn. Indeed, while there are many potential benefits to autonomous vehicles (such as a reduction in costs and traffic collisions, an increase in traffic flow, enhanced mobility for the elderly and disabled, an increase in fuel efficiency and, clearly, an ease on drivers), there are also many disadvantages and potential safety hazards (including the threat of hacking and terrorism). While autonomous cars combine a variety of sensors to perceive their surroundings (such as radar, computer vision, Lidar, sonar, GPS, odometry and inertial measurement units), as well as advanced control systems to interpret sensory information and identify appropriate navigation paths and obstacles, they are not human and do not have human intuition on roads and highways.

Indeed, as autonomous vehicles become an imminent reality, it is all the more crucial to rethink vehicle safety and inspection systems.

If, in the future, humans do not drive cars, who will be able to determine whether there are problems with the tires, brakes, or ignition systems? Additionally, as humans have decreased control over their vehicles, there is an increased potential for security threats, including foreign objects being placed on the undercarriages or bodies of cars.