(Bloomberg) – California took another step Wednesdaytoward permitting testing of self-driving vehicles without a human driver,continuing a shift away from previous policies that companiescriticized as being overly restrictive.
|The state's Department ofMotor Vehicles on Wednesday released revisions to regulationsproposed in March to allow such autonomous car testing on publicroads, which could take effect by next June, California DMV ChiefCounsel Brian Soublet said on a conference call with reporters.
|The proposed rules would also allow companies to introduceself-driving vehicles that can be used by the general public.
|Related: Who's liable when autonomous cars are involved inaccidents?
|The development of autonomous vehicle technology and publicpolicy in the U.S. has been concentrated in California. Much of thedevelopment work is concentrated in Silicon Valley where companiessuch as Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo LLC and Cruise Automation Inc. aretesting vehicles on public roads.
|California has permitted self-driving car tests with a humandriver ready to take control since September 2014. State regulatorshave permitted 42 companies to test self-driving vehicles in thestate, up from 11 last June.
|Related: Americans evenly divided over future ofself-driving vehicles, AIG study reports
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