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Florida passes law allowing autonomous vehicles without drivers

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It's only for testing of autonomous car on public roads. It still needs a person in the car to operate it and that person has to be a company employee or qualified test driver. The "company employee" description allowed Tesla to recruit employee owners to test their cars. That may even include Elon himself.

Also that fee is good for up to 10 vehicles and 20 drivers. It's not that significant.

Updated Summary of California’s Autonomous Vehicle Regulations
Deployment does not require a safety driver. You’re right about the fee though, it can cover multiple vehicles. From your link:
Definition of Deployment. Deployment of autonomous vehicles means “the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads by members of the public who are not employees, contractors, or designees of a manufacturer or for purposes of sale, lease, providing transportation services for a fee, or otherwise making commercially available outside of a testing program.” (See 228.02)