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California Government Holds Hearing on Fully Autonomous Cars

posted by martyb on Friday October 21 2016, @01:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the No-steering-wheel?-No-brakes?-No-problem! dept.

butthurt writes:

The AP via U.S. News & World Report reported last month that California's Department of Motor Vehicles has proposed regulations that would allow fully autonomous cars, without a human driver, steering wheel or control pedals. On Wednesday the state's government held a workshop to hear public comment on the proposal. In January, Google had stated that it would not offer such cars in California if the state required a human driver to be present. According to KCRA-TV,

DMV hopes to have a finalized draft of regulations in the coming months. There will then be a 45-day public comment period before the draft is approved.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @04:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @04:05AM (#417096)

    In the 1980s I met a young engineer from Detroit who must have been ahead of his time, fearless, ...or just plain crazy? He tried this inching-over routine on a semi! He told me the story and later showed me his older Citation, sure enough it had deep circular scratches in the passenger door from the lug nuts on the truck wheel. He wore them like a badge of honor, left them in, didn't have the door repaired.

    Wonder where he is now? Back then he was one of the anointed ones, in a special rotation trainee program and headed for the executive suites.