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US lets autonomous vehicle bypass human-driver safety rules

by AP Auto Writer
| February 6, 2020 10:05 AM

DETROIT (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. government's highway safety agency has approved a company's request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn't need to meet the same federal safety standards for cars and trucks driven by humans.

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