mr. beuse is that correct? there is a huge amount of investment that automakers and by u.s. tech companies like google, uber are making an autonomous vehicle crash convention technologies that don't rely on the dsr see at all. what if any steps are they taking to support this type of innovation. one of the reasons the u.s. leads globally on the u.s. transportation systems. >> so, with respect to the automotive automated sql systems we couldn't agree more we think there is a future for both connected and automated. we are pushing hard on both. eusebius of examples by a secretary on the automatic braking for for example the just concluded that the technology into the new car system program which is one of the most vulnerable programs at the department in terms of consumer information. the other thing is encourage industries to slowly make that a technology standard slowly by meeting trying to get to a place where they can offer that as a standard feature on all of the vehicle models without a reg

we will go right to our witnesses, let me start first with mr. beuse.lcome him back, can come and all of you and thank you for your cooperation today and he is the administrator of the vehicle safety national highway traffic safety administration. welcome, and your recognized. bring the mic up as close as you can so we can you. >> good afternoon, chairman mica, chairman hurd, ranking member duckworth ranking member kelly, members of the subcommittees. i appreciate this opportunity to testify about how the national i would traffic safety administration, or nhtsa, is addressing emerging challenges associate with new connected vehicle technologies. in 2013 there were over 5.7 million vehicle crashes in the united states a result in 32719 deaths. the consequences of these pressures range from personal tragedies that will impact individual families for ever, to the billions in economic dollars that we can actually mentored. nixes mission is to address a crush an increasing use of connected and automated vehicle technologies we believe can help us do that. wh