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Transportation,
Government,
Administrative/Regulatory

Mar. 30, 2018

The future arrives Monday

On April 2, new regulations from the California Department of Motor Vehicles go into effect. Starting very soon you may see an empty vehicle sitting next to you at a red light or stop sign.

Elise R. Sanguinetti

Founding Partner
Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team LLP

Phone: (510) 629-4877

Email: elise@aswtlawyers.com

University of San Francisco SOL; San Francisco CA

Elise is the immediate-past president of Consumer Attorneys of California and president-elect of American Association for Justice.

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The future arrives Monday
A Waymo vehicle leaves the company's testing facility in Chandler, Arizona, Oct. 21, 2017. (New York Times News Service)

The future arrives April 2 for autonomous vehicles when new regulations from the California Department of Motor Vehicles go into effect. Driverless cars are no longer science fiction; they are going to be an increasing part of our everyday lives.

In Arizona this month, a woman was killed after being hit by an Uber car in autonomous mode, although there was a "safety" driver in the vehicle. It was also reported that the driverless Ube...

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