Following a March crash in which an Uber self-driving car struck and killed a pedestrian walking her bicycle across a street, Arizona ordered the Uber cars off its roadways, and California announced it will not renew Uber’s permit to test the self-driving vehicles there.

Meanwhile, Waymo CEO John Krafcik told a National Automobile Dealers Association meeting that his company’s technology “would be able to handle a situation” like the one in Arizona.

The fatal collision on March 18 in Tempe, Ariz., highlights the dangers to motorcyclists of the emerging technology utilized by highly assisted vehicles and autonomous vehicles.

The car’s failure to stop before striking the pedestrian and bicycle reinforce the AMA’s concern that the technology may not be able to identify and appropriately react to motorcyclists.

The AMA has called upon technology companies, software developers, car makers, legislators and regulatory agencies to consider and include motorcycles in the development, testing and deployment of new vehicle technology.

Many aspects of driver-assisted technology hold the promise of safer roads and fewer crashes. But introducing such features also allows drivers to relinquish direct control over the vehicle and can encourage them to disengage from surrounding traffic.

The AMA joined the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers—which includes BMW and Honda—along with Harley-Davidson and the Motorcycle Riders Foundation in support of the AV START Act (S. 1885), because the proposed legislation specifically includes motorcycles in its language and spells out the roles of state and federal governments in regulating the use of this technology on public roads.

S. 1885 was introduced by U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.).