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U.S. safety agency seeks input on autonomous vehicle rules HEALTH

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DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. evaluation. There’s no real
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agency is asking for public member Jennifer Homendy Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
comment on how it should said at the time. Tel. 527 4000
regulate safe deployment While NHTSA is looking at
of self-driving vehicles. standards, it said in the pro- San Nicolas
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Last year the NTSB blamed
lax regulation in part for
a 2018 crash involving an
Uber autonomous test ve-
hicle in which a pedestri-
an was killed. “There’s no
requirement. There’s no