up next we have marc scribner, a research fellow at the competitive enterprise institute where he works on transportation, land use and telecommunications policy issues. he has written for "usa today," the "washington post," and the national review, and his work has been cited by the "wall street journal," "washington post," "boston globe," politico, he's widely cited. the bbc, c-span and more. he received his undergraduate degree in economics and philosophy from george washington university. marc? >> well, thank you, matthew. and thank you all for being here. i'm going to talk about some of the regulatory issues that we have coming up. and i'm not going to -- let's just go for the overview. i'm going to begin by talking about the recent regulatory developments at the federal and state levels. i'll follow up with some discussion of the national highway traffic administration. and sort of our traditional safety philosophy at the federal level, spoiler alert i'm not a big fan. then i'm going to give some examples of how we're already potentially screwing up the regulation of automated veh