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Briefing
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- Proposed New Rules – California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) proposed new rules allowing self-driving vehicles without steering wheels, pedals, and human driver to be tested on public roads in California by end of 2017
- Deliberation Period – New regulations are subject to public hearing and comment period, and could change
- Vehicle Commercialization – Could approve limited number of vehicles for commercialization as early as 2018, provided federal government permits said vehicles
- Real Road Tests – Two years of road testing in California show self-driving cars rarely caused incidents, with Google's Waymo reporting that out of 424,331 miles driven, driver intervened just 11 times to avoid collision
- Approved Permits – 27 companies have permits from DMV to test their vehicles on California roads
- Other States' Policies – Other states, including Michigan, Nevada, and Florida, have allowed self-driving cars to be tested on roads
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Sector
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Government (excluding military), Information Technology, Transportation and Logistics
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Organization
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California Department of Motor Vehicles
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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March 10, 2017
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