Germany, home to one of the world's largest automotive industries, passed a law Friday, which would allow autonomous cars to be tested on the country's public roads, Reuters reported Friday. The move could provide the country an advantage over the U.S., as it is still quibbling over self-driving legislation here. The German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt called self-driving, "the greatest mobility revolution since the invention of the car." According to the report, the new law would allow human drivers assigned to self-driven vehicles to remove their hands from the steering, giving vehicle makers a chance to get an accurate assessment of the functioning of self-driven vehicles. However, the law still requires human drivers to stay in the driving seat, in case they need to take control at any time during the self-driving trials.