00:00Minneapolis is poised to become the first city in the country to require driverless vehicles to have drivers.
00:07After the council approved an ordinance that would require human monitors in robo-taxis,
00:14council member Jason Chavez, who co-authored the ordinance,
00:19says the goal is to protect the jobs of thousands of rideshare drivers.
00:24Once that becomes an option, it starts at 30, 40, 50, 500,000, 10,000 vehicles happening here.
00:30Every vehicle at that point is a job that is lost in our city.
00:33Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry plans to veto the proposal, saying requiring a driver in a driverless car...
00:40He's stupid?
00:41...doesn't make sense.
00:43Yeah, thank you.
00:44He says thoughtful regulation for safety is necessary, but not through a backdoor ban.
00:50Supporters say the goal is to protect the jobs of thousands of rideshare drivers.
00:55Council member Jason Chavez also expressing concerns about cats.
00:59Cats have been killed by these autonomous vehicles, and I have a cat.
01:03I don't want my cat getting killed because of these autonomous vehicles.
01:06So to those cat lovers out there, just know that these Waymo vehicles, these autonomous vehicles, have killed cats.
01:11Council member Elizabeth Schaefer opposes the measure, saying it's no wonder other cities raise an eyebrow to Minneapolis.
01:17When we jump out ahead of research and develop policy that is affecting other jurisdictions, people wonder what we are
01:25doing.
01:26The ordinance also requires driverless vehicle companies to be licensed.
01:29It's set to take effect next year.
01:31Waymo has been testing its driverless cars with a monitor in the Twin Cities for the past several months.
01:36Laura Oaks, News Talk 830 WCCO.
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