[nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets

[Justin Young]

So does this mean these vehicles will soon be on the market for
individuals to purchase in Nevada?  Sounds like a very interesting
project.

On 4/11/13, Robert William Kingett <kingettr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Google's self-driven cars will soon be appearing on Nevada roads after
> the state's Department of Motor Vehicles approved on Monday the nation's
> first autonomous vehicle license.
>
> The move came after officials rode along on drives on highways, in
> Carson City neighborhoods and along the famous Las Vegas Strip, the
> Nevada DMV said in a statement.
>
> The Nevada legislature last year authorized self-driven cars for the
> state's roads, the first such law in the United States. That law went
> into effect on March 1, 2012.
>
> Google's self-driven cars rely on video cameras, radar sensors, lasers,
> and a database of information collected from manually driven cars to
> help navigate, according to the company.
>
> The DMV licensed a Toyota Prius that Google modified with its
> experimental driver-less technology, developed by Stanford professor and
> Google Vice President Sebastian Thrun.
>
> Google's self-driving cars have crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and
> driven along the picturesque Pacific Coast Highway, according to the
> company.
>
> Autonomous vehicles are the "car of the future," Nevada DMV director
> Bruce Breslow said in a statement. The state also has plans to
> eventually license autonomous vehicles owned by the members of the
> public, the DMV said.
>
> Legislation to regulate autonomous cars is being considered in other
> states, including Google's home state of California.
>
> "The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error. Through
> the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous vehicle
> is capable of analyzing the driving environment more quickly and
> operating the vehicle more safely," California state Senator Alex
> Padilla said in March when he introduced that state's autonomous car
> legislation.
>
> Other car companies are also seeking self-driven car licenses in Nevada,
> the DMV said.
>
>
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