Congress Should Take Hands Off Wheel of Self-Driving Cars

Congress Should Take Hands Off Wheel of Self-Driving Cars
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Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., summarized the task before Congress as figuring out how to allow innovation to unfold, while also preventing dangerous vehicles from being deployed on the nation's roads.

But contrary to some lawmakers' instincts, the best way to realize those twin outcomes isn't through a prescriptive approach to regulation. In fact, as a matter of process, prescriptive regulation might be impossible without throwing the brakes on the technology altogether.

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