The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has determined that a driver's seat, steering wheel, and outboard passenger seat are needed in a crash.
A significant change in policy that brings us one step closer to being ferried around means that cars that don't feature a driver's seat are being held to their own set of standards.
The passenger safety is still top of mind.
The need to keep the humans safe as the driver changes from a person to a machine in a vehicle must be integrated from the beginning.
The regulator will be watching closely as companies make their way into fully self-driving cars and collect crash and incident reports.
Cruise is already developing vehicles that feature no driver in the seat or steering wheel.
The ruling is meant to ensure that safety standards keep pace with the development of automated driving and driver assistance systems, as US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigi said.
The new rule is an important step in establishing robust safety standards for the vehicles.
NHTSA Finalizes First Occupant Protection Safety Standards for Vehicles Without Driving Controls.
Experts are alarmed by the videos of self- driving cars.
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