Technology

California DMV proposes ban on 'driverless' cars

The rules, if finalized, could prompt technology companies such as Google to look beyond California for their first deployment of self-driving cars. (© Stephen Lam / Reuters/REUTERS)
December 16, 2015 05:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO -- California regulators, calling for caution on self-driving cars, today proposed rules that would sharply restrict their use on the state’s roads -- and place an outright ban on “driverless” cars that travel with no humans onboard.

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