Robo-Car's Safety Challenges DoT

The federal policy places self-driving cars directly under the purview of federal regulators. Stripped from the privilege of "self-certifying" their vehicles, carmakers will need "pre-market approval" from the DoT. The key question, however, is testing of AI cars' safety.

from EETimes: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1330494&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT