SJM 3 — AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN NM

SENATEA JOINT MEMORIAL 3REQUESTING 53RDTHE LEGISLATUREDEPARTMENT -OF TRANSPORTATION TO CREATE A COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES RELEVANT STATE AGENCIES AND PRIVATE ENTITIES TO REVIEW THE CURRENT AND DEVELOPING STATE OF NEWAUTONOMOUS MEXICOVEHICLE -TECHNOLOGY SECONDAND SESSIONDEVELOP ,A 2018PROPOSAL INTRODUCEDTO BYALLOW JamesAUTONOMOUS P.VEHICLE USE IN NEW MEXICO WHILE ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY.

White9 andWHEREAS, Williamin “Bill”October R.2017, the national highway traffic safety administration reported that the yearly nationwide average for police-reported vehicle accidents for the ten years from 2006 through 2015 was more than five million seven hundred seventy thousand;

Rehmand 6WHEREAS, 8the 10yearly Anationwide JOINTaverage MEMORIALnumber REQUESTINGof THEfatalities DEPARTMENTfrom OFvehicle TRANSPORTATIONaccidents TOfor CREATEthe Aten COMMITTEEyears THATfrom INCLUDES2006 RELEVANTthrough STATE2015 AGENCIESwas ANDmore PRIVATEthan ENTITIESthirty-two TOthousand; REVIEW THE CURRENT AND DEVELOPING STATE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOP A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE USE IN NEW MEXICO WHILE ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY.

eand t 17 w l n d 18 WHEREAS, in October 2017, the national highway traffic = = 19 a l safety administration reportedestimates that theninety-four yearlypercent nationwideof iall a e r 20 average for police-reported vehicle accidents forare thecaused tenby yearshuman aerror; t m m 21 from 2006 through 2015 was more than five million seven hundred d r e 22 seventy thousand;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, the yearly nationwide average number of e a n b 24 fatalities from vehicle accidents for the ten years from 2006 u [ through 2015 was more than thirty-two thousand;

and .208669.2 WHEREAS, the national highway traffic safety administration estimates that ninety-four percent of all vehicle accidents are caused by human error;

and WHEREAS, current and developing autonomous vehicle technology holds the promise of providing continuous SJM 3 attention to changing traffic conditions and faster Page 1 reaction time than human drivers;

and e e 17 WHEREAS, autonomous vehicles may have significant effects e e n d 18 on road use, road safety, road maintenance, vehicle = = l ] 19 registration, operator licensing, vehicle repair and a l r i 20 modification, accident liability and security;

and t e a t WHEREAS, traditionally, individual states have been m m 21 e d r e 22 responsible for setting the standards for vehicle registration, c e r c 23 operator licensing and traffic laws;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, the state of New Mexico is dedicated to road u [ safety, and motor vehicle policies and laws should be .208669.2 - 2 - consistent throughout the state;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department of transportation be requested to create and lead an autonomous vehicle committee to review the current and developing technology for SJM 3 Page 2 autonomous vehicle operation and existing state policy and statutes that may be relevant to autonomous vehicle operations;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in addition to other individuals or organizations the department of transportation may include, the autonomous vehicle committee include at least one member representing each of the department of transportation, the department of public safety, the taxation e e 17 and revenue department, the department of information e e n d 18 technology, the economic development department and the public = = l ] 19 regulation commission;

and a l r i 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the autonomous vehicle t e a t committee further solicit comments from a wide spectrum of m m 21 e d r e 22 public and private stakeholders;

and c e r c 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the autonomous vehicle e a n b 24 committee present a report to the appropriate legislative u [ interim committee prior to that committee's final meeting in .208669.2 - 3 - 2018;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the governor, the secretary of transportation, SJM 3 Page 3 the secretary of public safety, the secretary of taxation and revenue, the secretary of information technology, the secretary of economic development and the public regulation commission.

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