For a discussion about self driving cars and how they might affect the u. S. Transportation system and to some of the implications for Public Policy. This is going to be moderated by matthew at policy analyst for the Cato Institute. It should be starting life shortly as participants take the stage. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [background sounds] [background sounds] good afternoon Everyone Welcome to the Cato Institute my name is Matthew Feeney jaime policy analyst here. Im very excited to welcome you all here for what i hope will be an interesting discussion on self driving cars. Its an interesting topic because we are at a stage we are asking when the questions not if when it comes to the widespread use of the vehicles and we have three exits to talk about it. Before we begin i would like you to turn off your cell phones so we will not be interrupted. I would also like to say that we will be giving a session at the end after all the speakers have had their turn
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