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In this May 13, 2015 photo, a reporter walks toward Google's new self-driving prototype car during a demonstration at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. The car, which needs no gas pedal or steering wheel, will make its debut on public roads this summer. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
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FILE - In this May 13, 2015, file photo, Google's new self-driving prototype car is presented during a demonstration at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. California unveiled precedent-setting draft rules Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 that would slow the public's access to self-driving cars of the future until regulators are confident the technology is safe. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
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FILE - This May 13, 2015 file photo shows the front of Google's new self-driving prototype car during a demonstration at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. New cars that can steer and brake themselves may lull drivers into a false sense of security. One way to keep people alert may be providing distractions that are now illegal, just one surprising finding from Stanford University research that studied the behavior of students in a self-driving car simulator.(AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
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FILE - This May 13, 2015, file photo shows the front of Google's new self-driving prototype car during a demonstration at Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. The self-driving cars needed some old-fashioned human intervention to avoid some crashes during testing on California roads, the company revealed Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, results it says are encouraging but show the technology has yet to reach the goal of not needing someone behind the wheel. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
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Google's new self-driving prototype car drives around a parking lot during a demonstration at Google campus on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
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Google's new self-driving prototype car drives around a parking lot during a demonstration at Google campus on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
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In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 photo, Brian Torcellini, Google team leader of driving operations, poses for photos next to a self-driving car at a Google office in Mountain View, Calif. Google employs a few dozen "safety driversâ that grab the steering wheel or hit the brakes on a fleet of robot cars that Googleâs engineers are programming to navigate the roads without human assistance. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, file photo, Brian Torcellini, Google team leader of driving operations, poses for photos next to a self-driving car at a Google office in Mountain View, Calif. Automakers and tech companies such as Google, Alibaba and Baidu scrambled to develop cars that would drive themselves. The news was one of The Associated Press' top stories in 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 photo, Brian Torcellini, Google team leader of driving operations, poses for photos next to a vehicle at a Google office in Mountain View, Calif. Google employs a few dozen "safety driversâ that grab the steering wheel or hit the brakes on a fleet of robot cars that Googleâs engineers are programming to navigate the roads without human assistance. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 photo, Brian Torcellini, Google team leader of driving operations, right, poses for photos with vehicle safety specialists Rob Miller, top left, and Ryan Espinosa, next to a vehicle at a Google office in Mountain View, Calif. Google employs a few dozen "safety driversâ that grab the steering wheel or hit the brakes on a fleet of robot cars that Googleâs engineers are programming to navigate the roads without human assistance. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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FILE - This May 13, 2014, file photo, shows a laser sensor atop a Google self-driving car on exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. California state officials on Thursday, June 18, 2015 released reports detailing six accidents that involved self-driving car prototypes, reversing a policy that had shielded details of how the next-generation technology is performing during testing on public roads. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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Jacob Larry, safety drivers at Google, prepares the new Google's self-driving prototype car during a demonstration at Google campus on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
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FILE - This May 13, 2014 file photo shows a row of Google self-driving Lexus cars at a Google event outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Of the nearly 50 self-driving cars rolling around California roads and highways, four have gotten into accidents since September, 2014. That's when the state officially began permitting these cars of the future, which use sensors and computing power to maneuver around traffic. Three accidents involved Lexus SUVs run by Google Inc. The fourth was an Audi retrofitted by the parts supplier Delphi Automotive. Google and Delphi said the accidents were minor and their cars were not at fault.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE - In this May 13, 2014, file photo, a row of Google self-driving cars stands outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Google has spent six years working on cars that can drive without human assistance. But the company says it doesnât want the responsibility of building the robotic vehicles. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE - This May 13, 2014, file photo shows a Google self-driving Lexus at a Google event outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Google will release monthly reports on the performance of its self-driving cars, and it disclosed summaries of the accidents that involved the vehicles. The company said Friday, June 5, 2015, as it has in the past, that its cars were not to blame for any of the accidents. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE - In this photo Wednesday, May 14, 2014 file photo, a Google self-driving car is on exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. The head of self-driving cars for Google on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 said he expects real people to be using them on public roads in two to five years. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, May 14, 2014, Google team members pose by a Google self-driving car at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. From left is project direct Chris Urmson, Brian Torcellini, Dimitri Dolgov, Andrew Chatham and Ron Medford, the director of safety for the project. Four years ago, the Google team developing cars which can drive themselves became convinced that, sooner than later, the technology would be ready for the masses. There was just one problem: Driverless cars almost certainly were illegal. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2012, file photo, Google co-founder Sergey Brin gestures after riding in a driverless car with officials, to a bill signing for driverless cars at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google engineers say they have turned a corner in their pursuit of creating a car that can drive itself. Test cars have been able to navigate freeways comfortably for a few years. On Monday, April 28, 2014, Google said the cars can now negotiate thousands of urban situations that would have stumped them a year or two ago. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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California Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr., front left, rides in a driverless car to a bill signing at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. The legislation will open the way for driverless cars in the state. Google, which has been developing autonomous car technology and lobbying for the legislation has a fleet of driverless cars that has logged more than 300,000 miles (482,780 kilometers) of self-driving on California roads. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Google's self-driving Lexus car drives along street during a demonstration at Google campus on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)