State—not federal—policy guides US autonomous driving

In April, US federal legislation was introduced that would expand the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s regulatory authority to relax limits on the number of on-road vehicles that each company can manufacture, which do not comply to its human-centric safety requirements.  This Congressional action marked the sixth consecutive year in which federal autonomous vehicle (AV) legislation was proposed and failed to advance to the President’s desk.

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