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BestDriver News over the coming months and years as this technology develops," said DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx in an address announcing the policy proposal. "Auto- mated vehicles have the potential to save thousands of lives, driving the single biggest leap in road safety that our coun- try has ever taken." The DOT noted in its announcement that more than 35,000 people were killed in the U.S. in car crashes last year, and more than 94 percent of the crashes were caused by "a human choice or error," says Mark Rosekind, head of the DOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Admin- istration. Autonomous vehicle deploy- ment could dramatically reduce those numbers, the DOT says. DOT and NHTSA will be accepting public comment on its proposal for 60 days following the proposal's publica- tion in the Federal Register. In addition to the safety assessments established by the policy, the DOT also set roles relative to autonomous vehi- cles for federal and state governments. The federal government will retain control over setting vehicle standards and enforcing compliance with such standards, along with managing recalls. States will, similar to their duties with non-autonomous vehicles, be respon- sible for licensing drivers and register- ing vehicles, establishing and enforcing traffic laws, conducting inspections and regulating vehicle insurance. bdj 36 November 2016 BestDriverJOBS www.bestdriverjobs.com