U.S. federal guidelines for self-driving cars say they will lead to safer roads

PITTSBURGH, PA- May 1: An Uber automated-vehicle taking a test-drive on the 31st Street Bridge. The company has moved engineers and leased land throughout the Pittsburgh region in efforts to transform transportation for the world.(Jeff Swensen for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The U.S. government revealed its much-anticipated Federal Automated Vehicles policy on Monday evening, detailing its 15-point Safety Assessment to be rolled out fully on Tuesday, which is designed to give manufacturers hoping to build and ship self-driving vehicles proper expectations around what will work for regulators in terms of meeting safety requirements. The Obama… Read More