Senate Appropriators to Eye Self-Driving Cars Wednesday

Senate appropriators will take on the question of automated and self-driving vehicles Wednesday in a 2:30 p.m. hearing in 192 Dirksen. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairs the Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee holding it. Witnesses are National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator Mark Rosekind, National Safety Council President Deborah Hersman, Alliance for Transportation Innovation President Paul Brubaker and Rand Center for Decision Making under Uncertainty Co-Director Nidhi Kalra. The hearing’s title is “The Automated and Self-Driving Vehicle Revolution: What Is the Role of Government?”