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Utah lawmakers approve legal framework for driverless cars, hoping to attract companies
Are driverless cars poised to come to Utah? State lawmakers haven’t heard of any definitive commitments from autonomous vehicle companies, but they have already approved legislation to establish a liability framework in case of road accidents that may happen when one of the drivers is an automated system. Senate Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore, R-Sandy, who sponsored the bill that’s now waiting to be signed by the governor, said the framework would create a path for recovery for people injured in an autonomous vehicle accident, but also gives “some business certainty to any of ...
