TOKYO -- Japan looks to clear a path for allowing self-driving cars on public roads, by updating traffic law to set new standards for driver conduct and vehicle safety like those already enacted in other advanced economies.
The government aims to have automobiles that can handle routine driving without human input -- so-called level 3 autonomous vehicles -- on the roads by 2020. But the country's legal framework does not address issues related to such vehicles, a problem that has held back their development by Japanese players.
