President Obama conceded late Monday that regulations “can go too far,” and that sometimes government “gets it wrong” as he explained the need for new rules of the road for the auto industry.

Obama made the statements in an op-ed published late Monday on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s website to promote a new administration push to ensure public safety when it comes to automated vehicle technologies that are starting to show up in newer model cars. Those new cars incorporate advanced computer controls, sensors and radar to do everything from helping a driver maintain control of a vehicle, to replacing the need for a driver altogether.