Google joins Uber, Ford to promote federal self-driving car regulations

Google joins Uber, Ford, Volvo and Lyft in forming a Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets to promote self driving car regulations on a federal level versus state by state level. Google
 has been battling the California DMV who have proposed to ban Google’s Koala car that does not have a steering wheel or pedals and would not require a licensed 
driver.


David Strickland, former head of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was named as spokesman and counsel for the group. “The best path for this innovation is to have one clear set of federal standards and the coalition will work with policymakers to find the right solutions that will facilitate the deployment of self-driving vehicles,” Strickland said in the statement.

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