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    Driverless-car rules loosen: US regulator stops demanding safety assessments

    by By Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times Sep 12, 2017 3 minutes

    SAN FRANCISCO - Go for it! In essence, that's the Trump administration's new directive on driverless-car development.

    Under that directive, automakers and technology companies will be asked to voluntarily submit safety assessments to the U.S. Department of Transportation, but they don't have to do it.

    And states are being advised to use a light regulatory hand.

    At a driverless-car test track in Ann Arbor, Mich., outside Detroit, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao unveiled a

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