Driverless cars might be making more of an appearance on California roads, thanks to a bill signed this week that sets safety and performance guidelines for advancing autonomous vehicles in the state. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Alex Padilla, and Google cofounder Sergey Brin were on hand at the company’s Mountain View headquarters on Tuesday, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law. Google has been testing and tweaking autonomous vehicle technology for about two years, and was one of the strongest backers of the new California bill.
Still trying to figure out why we need driverless cars? Can anybody figure that out? For one thing not many of us would feel comfortable having a system like Google's drive us around. Its one of those cases where just because we can do it does not mean we want it.
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Driverless Cars Get California License
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani September 26, 2012 11:57 AMDriverless cars might be making more of an appearance on California roads, thanks to a bill signed this week that sets safety and performance guidelines for advancing autonomous vehicles in the state. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Alex Padilla, and Google cofounder Sergey Brin were on hand at the company’s Mountain View headquarters on Tuesday, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law. Google has been testing and tweaking autonomous vehicle technology for about two years, and was one of the strongest backers of the new California bill.