At the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018 that was held July 9-12 in San Francisco Elaine Chao, the US Secretary of Transportation presented her remarks and observations on Self Driving Technology.

Her talk included discussion of the challenges in gaining the public trust for such technologies as they are implemented.  She continued with mentioning the related process of adopting driver assistance technology and the insights gained as a result of the Department’s communication with key stakeholders in this area. 

The full video captured by Roadway Media of the keynote speech follows.