GrassrootsConservative
05-28-2014, 01:32 AM
Or brake pedals, or accelerator.
A two-seater prototype of the vehicle was unveiled Tuesday by Google CEO Sergey Brin during an onstage interview at the Recode Code Conference in Palos Verdes, Calif. Instead of the car (http://www.cnet.com/topics/car-tech/) controls indispensable to today's drivers, Google's prototype relies on built-in sensors and a software system to safely maneuver the vehicle."We took a look from the ground up of what a self-driving car would look like," Brin said.
The goal of the project is for self-driving cars to be "significantly" safer than human-driven cars in a few years, Brin said. He said that that the project has experienced no crashes during testing, but the cars only operate at speeds of around 25 miles per hour, which gives them more time to react to obstacles.
http://www.cnet.com/news/google-unveils-self-driving-car-sans-steering-wheel/
Pretty cool, and I've got to think it's "driving" :drumdude:towards a safer future for America's roads. That is, if our government lets us have them.
Also, it looks like something straight out of a cartoon, complete with a front that just HAS to be trying to look like a face.
A two-seater prototype of the vehicle was unveiled Tuesday by Google CEO Sergey Brin during an onstage interview at the Recode Code Conference in Palos Verdes, Calif. Instead of the car (http://www.cnet.com/topics/car-tech/) controls indispensable to today's drivers, Google's prototype relies on built-in sensors and a software system to safely maneuver the vehicle."We took a look from the ground up of what a self-driving car would look like," Brin said.
The goal of the project is for self-driving cars to be "significantly" safer than human-driven cars in a few years, Brin said. He said that that the project has experienced no crashes during testing, but the cars only operate at speeds of around 25 miles per hour, which gives them more time to react to obstacles.
http://www.cnet.com/news/google-unveils-self-driving-car-sans-steering-wheel/
Pretty cool, and I've got to think it's "driving" :drumdude:towards a safer future for America's roads. That is, if our government lets us have them.
Also, it looks like something straight out of a cartoon, complete with a front that just HAS to be trying to look like a face.