Well, thank you, Chairman, very much. I agree with Mr. Brubaker; computers don't get tired, they don't get road rage, but they open a whole new dimension of cyber security which we have to deal with.

There are so many opportunities for safety, for improved productivity, for better health effects.

When we have pollution, whether it's factory pollution or automotive pollution, that's a real cost to our society.

I think we need to do everything we can to bring mobility to people who are currently underserved by our transportation system.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify on important emerging opportunities and risks related to autonomous vehicles.

What remains unanswered is how this transportation revolution will evolve and what steps regulators and industry should take to foster and harness the positive aspects of this new technology.

This innovation has the potential to dramatically improve highway safety, as well as expand mobility access for thousands of people.

That's exactly right. I was in Niles a few months ago, right outside of Youngstown.

We have to deal with that.

We can't do that with regulation in any kind of effective way.

I know this is wonky, this is what RAND does, but there are market distortions in our transportation system.

Thank you very much, Chairman Collins, for your leadership on so many issues, but particularly for holding this very important hearing on the future of self-driving vehicles.

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