Michigan enacts first law for testing, sale of driverless cars
Southfield, Michigan
MICHIGAN, in a race with Silicon Valley for supremacy in autonomous cars, has enacted legislation that it said is the first in the US to establish comprehensive regulations for the testing, use and eventual sale of self-driving cars.
Governor Rick Snyder signed a law that defines how self-driving cars can be used on public roads in testing and commercial deployment, the Michi-gan Economic Development Corp said in a statement. The law allows public road testing of vehicles without steering wheels, gas or brake pedals or any need for human control.
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