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WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) – The National \u2060Highway \u2060Traffic Safety Administration proposed on \u2060Thursday to end a government requirement for manual brake pedals \u200bin self-driving vehicles, a move that would make it easier to deploy such vehicles on \u200cU.S. roads.<\/p>\n

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The proposal would not \u200capply to vehicles with human driver controls and NHTSA said it would not \u2060drop braking \u2060performance requirements, including strict stopping distance standards for self-driving vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is \u200bone of a number of changes proposed by the agency to facilitate the roll-out of self-driving vehicles. NHTSA is in the process of developing safety performance tests for self-driving \u200bvehicles as part of a separate standard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Automakers have previously expressed frustration with the \u2060agency’s slow \u2060review of autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Under \u2060the law, \u200bfully self-driving vehicles do not need NHTSA approval if they have required human controls, \u200blike steering wheels, brake \u2060pedals or mirrors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NHTSA has authority to grant petitions to allow up to 2,500 vehicles per manufacturer yearly to operate on U.S. roads without required human controls, but the agency has spent years reviewing several exemption petitions without taking action.<\/p>\n

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Last year, NHTSA \u2060said it was streamlining reviews of those exemption requests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In March, NHTSA said \u2060it was seeking public comment on Amazon’s self-driving unit Zoox to deploy up to 2,500 purpose-built, steering-wheel-free robotaxis without human controls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2018, GM petitioned NHTSA to deploy up to 2,500 cars without steering wheels or brake pedals on U.S. roads, before withdrawing the petition in 2020. The Detroit automaker sought NHTSA approval to deploy vehicles without human controls again in 2022 but that petition was withdrawn in October 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Separately, NHTSA on Thursday withdrew \u2060a Biden-era proposal to adopt a voluntary national framework for the evaluation and oversight of self-driving vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The agency said automakers expressed concern the requirements were too stringent, while some safety advocates said it would not provide NHTSA \u200bwith sufficient oversight to ensure an appropriate level of safety.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting \u200bby David Shepardson; Editing by Nia Williams)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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