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NZ warned to take brave approach to self-driving car regulation

17:46 pm on 13 January 2020

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New Zealand is thought to be in danger of becoming the new wild west for the testing of self-driving cars unless it takes a brave approach to regulation. Mitchell Gingrich worked in the US as a test driver for Uber's autonomous vehicles trial, and he was there in 2018 when the company's first fatal crash occurred, an event which raised questions about the safety of self-driving vehicles. In the first of this week's in depth looks at trends and issues likely to make headlines this year, Kim Savage speaks to Mitchell Gingrich who is here in New Zealand advising on the introduction of autonomous vehicles.