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Robot-Controlled Cars Get the Green Light in Nevada
Nevada lawmakers recently passed legislation that allows search-engine giant Google to test robot-controlled cars on Nevada streets.
October 13, 2011 /Law and Legal PR News/ -- Robot-Controlled Cars Get the Green Light in Nevada
Do you see that Toyota Prius sharing the roadways with you? There just might be a robot behind the wheel. Nevada lawmakers recently passed legislation that allows search-engine giant Google to test robot-controlled cars on Nevada streets. California is the other testing ground for the fleet of seven vehicles -- six Toyota Priuses and one Audi -- that drive themselves. A Google employee even uses one for his 100-mile round-trip daily commute.
Each vehicle is outfitted with a system of cameras, GPS devices, and computers that provide continuous feedback on the car's location, road conditions, speed and the location of other cars, landmarks and obstacles. A human driver is required to sit in the driver seat and to take over if something goes wrong. The company reports, however, that it has been a smooth ride so far.
Robo-Drivers' Records Squeaky Clean
After collectively logging over 160,000 miles during the past several months the robo-drivers have a perfect driving record. No speeding tickets, no fender-benders and they've never hit or injured anyone.
A minor rear-end collision in August in California nearly blemished the robot-controlled cars' perfect safety record but no one was hurt. An investigation revealed the accident was not caused by the robot driver but rather by the human driver who was operating the car in manual mode at the time.
Letting Robots Take the Wheel
Are streets filled with robot-driven cars in Nevada's future? And could drunk and distracted driving accidents -- and the injuries and deaths to which they lead -- be a thing of the past? Scientists and sociologists doubt that human drivers will turn over complete control of their automobiles to automatic drivers any time soon. But transportation and public safety experts are impressed with the test program's safety record and they envision a day when human beings may be able to take to the streets without harming themselves or anyone else.
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