The issue focused on how current rules can help prevent cars from colliding with pedestrians.

The Senate plans to vote on the bill this week.

It was similar to a bill recently passed by the House of Representatives. The bill would allow cars to keep going if they had to stop in an emergency.

In an interview with Fox News, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said the bill was not about cars being able to move over cars.

"It's about cars