The DOT Says ‘Drivers’ Don’t Have to Be Human
The DOT Says ‘Drivers’ Don’t Have to Be Human
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October 5, 20185m 35s
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The Department of Transportation is getting a little more creative about how it defines “driver,” Secretary Elaine Chao announced Thursday. In the third version of the department’s official stance on self-driving, the department said it would “adapt the definitions of ‘driver’ and ‘operator’ to recognize that such terms to not refer exclusively to a human, but may in fact include an automated system.
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