There was, but the reality is that the modern US regulatory environment demonstrably doesn't care whether cars labled as self driving are actually capable of that safely, and have not demonstrated any interest in regulating such, and that was BEFORE we popularly elected a group of charlatans, hacks, and grifters that have all made "The courts will bend over backwards for us and our wealth" a huge part of America.
Like, Reagan's instructions to the regulatory agencies to basically stand down was only just beginning to be undone after 40 years, and we immediately elected the people promising to slam hard in the other direction.
America will be a regulatory free for all for business for decades.
