Nevada steers a path for the future by becoming first state to set rules for driverless cars
evada is envisioning a day when taxicabs might shuttle fares without a driver, or people with medical conditions that make them ineligible for a license could get around with a virtual chauffeur.
The concept took a big step when Nevada became the first state to approve regulations that spell out requirements for companies to test driverless cars on state roads.
'Then they have to take us out and prove that they can do it,' Bruce Breslow, director of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, said of the autonomous vehicles. 'They're not ready to go to market yet.
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