NHTSA takes aim at autonomous car crashes in rulemaking
July 16, 2026 11:06 am, EDT Autonomous cars at the Waymo facility in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) key takeaways: NHTSA is developing new safety requirements for autonomous vehicles, including performance testing and standards that define how autonomous cars should behave on the roads. The effort follows incidents involving robotaxis in construction zones, near school
