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A hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian Monday night, tossing her into the path of a Cruise self-driving car that then drove over her, according to videos.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes a bill that would have required autonomous trucks on public roads to have human safety drivers on board. The governor said existing laws are sufficient.
California Senate passed a bill Monday requiring humans behind the wheel of autonomous trucks for at least five years while safety data are collected. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to veto the measure.
A fourth traffic light color could help self-driving vehicles. With this new technology, human drivers and autonomous cars could co-exist.
Want to be fully self-driving in the next couple of years >> reporter: he's head of engineering for trucking. >> now for a test drive. >> reporter: even today while humans like bob kratz are still technically behind the wheel - >> here we go. >> that acceleration that we're hearing, that's not bob that's the truck >> yep >> reporter: right now, google's self-driving company, weymo via, and others are using safety drivers like bob to supervise what are basically big rig robots if you look closely, you can see he's not always touching the wheel. instead, the semi can navigate by itself using a g...