SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.

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      29 months ago

      Historically speaking, it’s sadly far from uncommon.

      They just cross their fingers and hope that it never happens. Companies have a bad habit of deciding that they would keep more money paying for a lawsuit than they would keep by paying employees. If a company is worth billions, a few million is a drop in the bucket.

      There’s a VERY good reason for many safety regulations. A lot of these regulations have been paid for with blood and death.

      I wish we were better as a species, but here we are.