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U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels (www.autoblog.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels::U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors' Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

if there’s no one in the driver’s seat to pay attention, then why would you have a wheel to intervene “just in case”?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Has anyone proven a technology for that long and that consistently that it is safe. I've seen quite the contrary and sensible legislators expect a human there in case of issue.I'd expect that for years before a reasonable level ofconfidentce is reached.

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