The first federal guidelines on self-driving vehicles have been released less than a week after Uber began ferrying public passengers around Pittsburgh in self-driving cars. Nothing in the policy published Tuesday will put up a red light for Uber’s nascent fleet, but it could steer the company’s attention to some of the recommended vehicle performance standards.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie S. Richards said the 116-page guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday won’t affect testing being done by Uber and Carnegie Mellon University. Pending policies and state legislation will need to be in place before more advanced testing can begin, though.

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