The state of Carlifornia has passed a bill which allows the usage of Google’s driverless car on the state’s public roads.
Governor Jerry Brown rode to the signing ceremony at Google headquarters in the passenger seat of a vehicle that steered itself, a Prius modified by Google. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and State Senator Alex Padilla, who sponsored the bill, were along for the ride. An engineer for the technology company, Chris Urmson, sat in the driver’s seat, but the car drove itself.
“We’re looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow’s reality,” Brown said just before signing the bill.
Google has been working on self-driving technology since 2010, including testing a fleet of self-driving cars along California roadways.
Google’s driverless cars rely on video cameras, radar sensors, lasers and a database of information collected from manually driven cars to help navigation, according to the company.
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Posted: at 13-11-2012 01:32 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Abeg make una no carry am come dis side ooo...make e end 4 California. Dis one wey e dey drive himself so look somehw dangerous ooo. Bcos network can fail anytime & katata don bust ooo lolzzz
Posted: at 13-11-2012 04:45 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
Not in Lagos, I trust my Danfo drivers here, d video cameras, radar sensors, lasers and a database of information will not help d car and the passengers...., I'm sorry
Posted: at 13-11-2012 04:57 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie
dlimelite at 13-11-2012 05:09 PM (12 years ago) (f)
rely on video cameras, radar sensors, lasers and a database of information collected from manually driven cars to help navigation, Accidents waiting to happen. Technology isn't always on point 100% of the time. It's kinda dangerous. It can navigate where its going, but Technology can't detect bad drivers on the road
Posted: at 13-11-2012 05:09 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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