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February 7, 2020

US lets autonomous vehicle bypass safety rules for human drivers

  • The delivery vehicles, equipped with laser, camera and radar sensors, will travel with regular traffic on public roads.
  • By TOM KRISHER
    AP Auto Writer

    DETROIT — For the first time, the U.S. government's highway safety agency has approved a company's request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn't meet federal safety standards that apply to cars and trucks driven by humans.

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted temporary approval for Silicon Valley robotics company Nuro to run low-speed autonomous delivery vehicles that were designed so they can't carry humans.


     
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