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Robo-Car's Safety Challenges DoT EE Times
The Department of Transportation unveiled, on Tuesday (Sept. More important, these guidelines place self-driving cars directly under the purview of federal regulators. Automobile manufacturers, for the first time, will need "pre-market approval" from the DoT. "We're saying that when the software is operating the vehicle, that is an area that we intend to regulate," said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. Further, regulators want automakers to provide the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with a safety assessment report on how the safety of their highly autonomous cars will be measured.