Driverless-car rules loosen: US regulator stops demanding safety assessments
SAN FRANCISCO - Go for it! In essence, that's the Trump administration's new directive on driverless-car development.
Under that directive, automakers and technology companies will be asked to voluntarily submit safety assessments to the U.S. Department of Transportation, but they don't have to do it.
And states are being advised to use a light regulatory hand.
At a driverless-car test track in Ann Arbor, Mich., outside Detroit, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao unveiled a
