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To get the most out of self-driving cars, tap the brakes on their rollout

  • Written by Jack Barkenbus, Visiting Scholar, Vanderbilt Institute for Energy & Environment, Vanderbilt University
imageIt would be better if people weren't afraid of self-driving cars.mato181/Shutterstock.com

Every day about 100 people die in car crashes on U.S. roads. That death toll is a major reason why both Congress and the Trump administration are backing automotive efforts to develop and deploy self-driving cars as quickly as possible.

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