If this was a company from any other sector, such as a bank, people would start crying corruption; not that there probably was any. I think the governor was trying to court one of the largest Silicon Valley companies and that's trying to develop some "exciting" new technology and bent over backwards for them, which is cool and all, but he didn't perform his due diligence.

I find it interesting how the governor just "trusted" that the company was obeying all federal laws and guidelines and didn't check to see if: (a) they were indeed complying (b) there were any outside of the car itself (c) if any exist about self-driving cars, how those guidelines ensure public safety.

This is the exact kind of thing that ends up driving knee-jerk legislation to go the opposite direction. Does anyone know what federal laws and guidelines (from NTSB or other dept) exist that govern self-driving cars?