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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: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @09:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @09:15AM (#417167)

    Trusting the computer is one thing. Trusting whoever has control over the computer (hint: that won't be you) is another thing.

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