Consumer safety groups are worried that President-elect Donald Trump will do away with proposed guidelines for self-driving car testing that President Barack Obama’s administration has been working on for years.

Knowing that they would face legal responsibility, manufacturers could hesitate to roll out self-driving vehicles or jack up their prices to recover projected costs, which would slow widespread use.

Ford, GM, Toyota and VW are just a handful of the car manufacturers planning to put self-driving cars on the road in the next five years. If you ask Uber or Tesla, they might say driverless cars have already arrived… which means we’re running out of time to secure one of the juiciest new targets for hackers.

Self-driving cars have the potential to save lives and save consumers money in premiums – and experts say the insurance industry must change drastically and be creative with its products to survive.

A 1967 state law that requires drivers to keep at least one hand on the wheel effectively prohibits private companies from testing driverless car technology in New York, according to the Department of Transportation. And while the state Senate has passed legislation to allow testing of driverless cars, the DOT urged the City Council on Friday not to support that legislation until New York City has had a chance to present safety concerns specific to driverless cars on congested, narrow city streets.