California's Heavy-Handed Plan to Regulate the Self-Driving Car Biz

Just over an hour into Tuesday's California Public Utilities Commission public meeting on the future of self-driving taxis, the machines took over. "Please pardon the interruption," a kindly robotic voice said, cutting into a government official's prepared remarks. "Your conference contains less than three participants at this time. If you would like to continue, press star 1 now, or your conference will be terminated." In fact, there were three commissioners and two administrative judges sitting on the auditorium's dais.