[ExI] green flag on tesla robocars

Tue Sep 20 22:09:59 UTC 2016

On 20 September 2016 at 22:44, spike  wrote:
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> Not sure how to interpret this story in the local news but it sounds like
> something important happened today in the regulation of robo-cars:
>
> http://patch.com/california/milpitas/s/fw19l/tesla-news-government-drops-the-green-flag-in-race-to-driverless-car?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=business&utm_campaign=alert
>
> Anyone here have the straight dope?
>

<http://phys.org/news/2016-09-safety-sought-self-driving-car-guidelines.html>

The government appears to want to encourage driverless cars development.
But it also wants to make sure all states apply the same minimum standards.

BillK