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• U.S. vehicle safety regulators deem computers as viable alternative to human drivers; Google one step closer to testing self-driving cars on public roads

  The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ruled that the artificial intelligence system can be considered as a the "driver" in self-driving cars.

• Automakers To Fasten Things Concerning Safe Transportation With U.S. Government

  Automakers to mafe regulations about safety of cars. They will do it themselves rather than wait for a long time for the government to do it.

• Chula Vista Police ready for DUI checkpoint on New Year's Eve

  Chula Vista police announced Tuesday they plan to staff a DUI checkpoint over New Year’s weekend to nab drivers who overindulge and get behind the wheel. The checkpoint will be in operation from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday. Police did not say where in Chula Vista the checkpoint would be located.

• After bruising safety crisis, U.S. car watchdog shows its bite

  The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss - a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the administration's policy after a wave of deadly defects.

• Honda confirms Takata airbag rupture injured driver in March accident

  Honda Motor Co Ltd's American unit on Monday confirmed that a faulty airbag inflator made by Takata Corp ruptured in a March 20 crash of a car in Florida, injuring the driver.

• U.S. regulators fine Ferrari $3.5 million for not filing reports

  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Ferrari sports car brand has been fined $3.5 million for not filing "early warning reports" indicating safety issues with U.S. safety regulators, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday.

• U.S. regulator to Takata: Give us faulty air-bag documents

  U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday ordered Japanese supplier Takata Corp (7312.T) to provide documents and answer questions under oath related to the government's ongoing probe of potentially defective Takata air bags in millions of U.S. vehicles.

• U.S. regulator expands warning over Takata air bags, more lawsuits filed

  The problems for Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp (7312.T) grew after U.S. safety regulators expanded a warning about faulty air bags to 6.1 million vehicles in the United States while two more lawsuits have been filed over accidents in older Honda cars.

• Industry observers predict additional recalls at GM

  After meeting with a top executive at General Motors Co, Barclays analyst Brian Johnson hinted in a note that there might be several more recalls into the middle of the summer months, Bloomberg reported.

• Documents reveal GM skip out 2005 ignition fix due to high costs

  Bloomberg said that there are documents obtained by a US congressional committee that proved General Motors Co opted out of implementing a planned fix as an internal expert deemed the fix too costly for the automaker.