Sen. Josh Hawley wants to ban driverless cars — and says he'll introduce a bill on it 'soon'

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri told BI that he wants to see driverless cars banned nationwide — and he introducing a bill on the topic soon.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty ImagesSen. Josh Hawley says that only humans should be driving cars and trucks.He told BI on Tuesday that he plans to introduce a bill on the topic soon.He said the proliferation of driverless cars is "not safe" and "terrible for working people."If Sen. Josh Hawley has his way, you may never get to ride in a car without a driver."I think we ought to ban autonomous vehicles," the Missouri Republican told Business Insider at the Capitol on Tuesday, saying that the spread of driverless cars is "not safe" and "would be terrible, terrible for working people."Hawley said he planned to introduce a bill on the topic "soon," but declined to offer further details.A self-styled populist, Hawley staked out his stance against autonomous vehicles in a speech at the National Conservatism last week, where he cast AI as part of a transhumanist project and called for a series of restrictions on the technology."Only humans should drive cars and trucks," Hawley said at the time.Fully autonomous vehicles have been steadily rolling out across American cities in recent years, most prominently in San Francisco, California and Austin, Texas.On Tuesday, Hawley told BI that he was motivated in large part by the impact that self-driving cars could have on professions like truck drivers, taxi drivers, and Uber drivers, which account for millions of jobs."If AVs become the norm, the Teamsters won't exist anymore," Hawley said, referring to the labor union that's best known for representing commercial truck drivers.In calling for the nationwide banning of autonomous vehicles, Hawley is going much further than other AI critics on Capitol Hill.Progressive Democrats, another cohort generally skeptical of AI, have at times sought tighter regulations on autonomous vehicles, but none have called for an outright ban.Hawley also clarified that he didn't have a problem with AI-driven driver-assistance technology in vehicles, but that "we should require a driver in the seat.""My sister's got a new truck, she drives a GMC Sierra. It's got all this autonomous driving stuff," Hawley said. "That's fine."Read the original article on Business Insider

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