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As the push to autonomous vehicles moves closer to reality, the United States Department of Transportation has issued a 116-page policy for testing and developing such vehicles.
Basically, the federal government is trying to bring structure and order to a bold new frontier, one where different automakers and technology companies have pursued their own directions on research and development.