Google on Friday announced it will begin testing prototypes of its fully autonomous self-driving cars on public roads. The vehicles won’t roam too far from their Mountain View, California, home — but this latest phase of testing could be critical both for cultivating positive consumer perceptions, and influencing future legislation affecting the nascent sector. Google has “a few” driverless car prototypes that will be testing this summer, said Chris Urmson, director of the Google Self-Driving Car Project.
I already said this in another "Driverless Car" article but we know this car runs on code and this code most likely has some wireless connection to the internet in it. So what happens when the car gets hacked. Or gets a virus? Will our IT support guys need to know how be mechanics too? I just find the whole concept a bit odd.
25 mph? I think you would get killed, run over! But if this is perfected it could be a godsend for handicapped people such as paraplegics and the blind. Will it eventually "fly"? Wait and see I guess. If it actually is perfected it would allow me to program my destination, sit back and read and go visit my family on the other end of the state! Right now I have problems driving distances so it sounds good. Will this happen in my lifetime?? Hmmm...
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Google’s Driverless Cars to Leave the Nest
Posted by: Quinten Plummer May 16, 2015 06:15 AMGoogle on Friday announced it will begin testing prototypes of its fully autonomous self-driving cars on public roads. The vehicles won’t roam too far from their Mountain View, California, home — but this latest phase of testing could be critical both for cultivating positive consumer perceptions, and influencing future legislation affecting the nascent sector. Google has “a few” driverless car prototypes that will be testing this summer, said Chris Urmson, director of the Google Self-Driving Car Project.