Amazon’s Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Downtown Seattle. Safety Advocates Are Not Pleased

Amazon’s Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Downtown Seattle. Safety Advocates Are Not Pleased
In the coming months, Zoox plans to test-drive as many as four Toyota Highlander SUVs retrofitted with the company's autonomous-driving technology and sensors in Seattle's Belltown, South Lake Union and downtown neighborhoods. Zoox/TNS
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By Katherine Anne Long From The Seattle Times

Tech-industry experts, city planners and even Gov. Jay Inslee have touted self-driving cars as a panacea, cutting congestion and vehicle emissions while reducing collisions.