I'll put this here. The policy-makers are speeding things up for automated-cars.

AUGUST 31, 2017
House to vote on self-driving car legislation next week
David Shepardson

(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles, congressional aides said.

House to vote on self-driving car legislation next week | Reuters