Google's Chris Urmson leads calls for a 'fast lane for self-driving cars'

Google, Lyft and industry executives are urging lawmakers to help create a'regulatory fast lane' to help push through the development of self-driving cars - as experts warn they will kill. At a Senate hearing, representatives of General Motors and Delphi touted numerous safety and environmental benefits of autonomous vehicles. However, Mary Cummings, who heads the Humans and Autonomy Laboratory at Duke University, warned'There is no question that someone is going to die in this technology. 'The question is when and what can we do to minimize that.' At a Senate hearing, representatives of General Motors and Delphi touted numerous safety and environmental benefits of autonomous vehicles.