[nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets

[Peter Donahue]

Good afternoon everyone,

    Last night we had some friends over to discuss business opportunities. 
Whenever such discussions occur the question of what you would do if you had 
an extra XXXX amount of money to spend. We showed them a video of the blind 
drivable vehicle on the NFB Web site. We had their full attention the whole 
time the video ran. We told them that we would like to have such a vehicle 
once they're licensed and become available to the public and the blind for 
perches. We also told them that that same technology could with modification 
enable a blind person to fly their own private jet independently and would 
give us a tremendous amount of personal freedom.

    These vehicles won't be cheap. If you have any desire to own one of them 
it's best to develop the income required to buy one. Thousands of 
individuals have fulfilled similar dreams and we as blind people should 
avail ourselves of such opportunities when they come along to enable us to 
meet our needs without depending on state VR agencies and others. We're 
looking forward to having one of these vehicles once we're in position 
financially and they're available for perches. Dream big!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kaiti Shelton" <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets


Hmmm, I'm thinking grad school in Navada, then a roadtrip back to Ohio
in a google car when I'm done.  Surely they can get something together
and the kinks worked out in 5 years.  :)

On 4/11/13, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Yes in a way, the logistics of liability still need to be taken into 
> account
>
> I'm sure and licensing probably still needs to be worked out, but if the
> government officials are pushed, it will happen very soon.
> I think the NFB should push for these quite hard. Perhaps they could even
> ask that a car come to the convention, I think Google would take the
> challenge.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Young
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:13 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets
>
> 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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Kaiti

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