The surge of self-driving cars has given rise to numerous debates regarding the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on our day-to-day lives. Having collaborated closely with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), I was granted exclusive insight into the domain of automotive AI and its potential hazards. This blog post reveals five key findings from my experiences, providing a better grasp of the obstacles that need to be addressed when regulating and becoming more knowledgeable about AI in terms of self-driving vehicles.