Regulators will have to decide what a human driver's license looks like

Regulators will have to decide what a human driver's license looks like | And then it's going to be up to regulators to decide what, you know, what a human license looks like. Maybe though maybe the driving test is going to be much more demanding than than it is today.

And then it's going to be up to regulators to decide what, you know, what a human license looks like. Maybe though maybe the driving test is going to be much more demanding than than it is today.

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