California's proposal to make driverless cars have someone at the wheel are "perplexing" and could hamper the progress of the technology, Google said on Thursday.
Earlier this week, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) proposed draft rules that would require a licensed driver "to be present inside the vehicle and be capable of taking control in the event of a technology failure or other emergency."
In a blog post published late Thursday, Google's head of self-drive division, Chris Urmson, slammed the decision. "This maintains the same old status quo and falls short on allowing this technology to reach its full potential, while excluding those who need to get around but cannot drive," Urmson wrote.