[This article has been published in Restoring America to consider how domestic and international regulations might be hampering technological progress.]

An enduring mystery of recent times (COVID-19 delays excepted) is why it is taking so long for autonomous vehicles (AVs) to revolutionize our roadways. Only a scant decade ago, predictions held that by the mid-2020s, professional truck and public transport driving would be consigned to the dustbin of history, alongside blacksmithing and other professions annihilated by the industrial revolution. But this prediction has hardly panned out. As I wrote previously:

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