Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius outside the company’s D.C. office on New York Avenue NW in May.

These days we’re slaves to our cars, but a D.C. legislator wants the city to prepare for the wonderful days of the self-driving—or “autonomous”—car.

Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) today introduced legislation that would allow Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. agencies to “create the architecture for rules and regulations for the use of autonomous vehicles.” Under the bill, the Department of Motor Vehicles would have to create a new autonomous vehicle designation and and establish safe operating protocols for the cars.

If this seems like Cheh’s looking just a little too far down the road, consider that it was only in May that Google brought its self-driving Toyota Prius to town to show it off to members of Congress, local legislators—including Cheh—and non-profit organizations. Beyond being a cool science experiment, Google staffers said that the car could help minimize maddening stop-and-go traffic and enable blind residents to more easily get around. Additionally, she said, the era of the drunk driver could eventually come to an end.

The same month that Google’s self-driving car came to D.C. Nevada passed its own regulatory structure allowing it on state roadways. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) predicts that self-driving cars could make up 75 percent of all cars within 30 years.