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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 186.770: Use of motor vehicle with automated driving system permissible --

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  1. KRS Chapter 186

Conditions.

(1) A person may operate a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system

capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task if the automated driving

system:

(a) Will achieve a minimal risk condition or issue a request to intervene with the

expectation that the person will respond appropriately to such a request

whenever the automated driving system is not capable of performing the

entire dynamic driving task; and

(b) Is capable of being operated in compliance with KRS 189.285 to 189.450,

unless an exemption has been granted by the Transportation Cabinet.

(2) Nothing in this chapter or KRS Chapter 189 prohibits or restricts a human driver

from operating a fully autonomous vehicle equipped with controls that allow for the

human driver to control all or part of the dynamic driving task.

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