California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 3.7 - Testing of Autonomous Vehicles
Section 227.04 - Requirements for a Manufacturer's Testing Permit
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
A manufacturer may conduct testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads in California if all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The manufacturer is conducting the testing.
(b) Except as provided in Section 227.38, when the vehicle is operated by an autonomous vehicle test driver who is an employee, contractor, or designee of the manufacturer, who has been certified by the manufacturer to the department as competent to operate the vehicle and has been authorized by the manufacturer to operate the vehicle.
(c) The manufacturer has in place and has provided the department with evidence of the manufacturer's ability to respond to a judgment or judgments for damages for personal injury, death, or property damage arising from the operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads in the amount of five million dollars ($5,000,000), in the form of: an instrument of insurance issued by an insurer admitted to issue insurance in California; a surety bond issued by an admitted surety insurer or an eligible surplus lines insurer, and not a deposit in lieu of bond; or a certificate of self-insurance.
(d) The manufacturer has applied for and the department has issued to the manufacturer a Manufacturer's Testing Permit or a Manufacturer's Testing Permit -- Driverless Vehicles to conduct autonomous vehicle testing on public roads in California.
1. New
section filed 5-19-2014; operative 9-16-2014 pursuant to Vehicle Code section
38750(f)
(Register 2014, No. 21).
2. Amendment of subsections (b) and (d)
filed 2-26-2018; operative 4-1-2018 (Register 2018, No.
9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651 and 38750, Vehicle Code. Reference: Section 38750, Vehicle Code.
