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Google to Urge Congress to Help Get Self-Driving Cars on Roads


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Mountainview CA March 15, 2016; Reuters reported that the head of Google's self-driving car program will urge the U.S. Congress to grant national auto safety regulators new authority to speed the introduction of self-driving cars on American roads.

Chris Urmson plans to tell the Senate Commerce Committee that legislators should grant new authority to the U.S. Transportation Department to help get fully autonomous vehicles on the road, according to his prepared testimony, which was reviewed by Reuters.

"We propose that Congress move swiftly to provide the secretary of transportation with new authority to approve lifesaving safety innovations. This new authority would permit the deployment of innovative safety technologies that meet or exceed the level of safety required by existing federal standards, while ensuring a prompt and transparent process," according to the prepared testimony.