[nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets

[Sophie Trist]

Brandon, I totally 100% agree!!! However, didn't the NFB invent a 
self-propelled car of sorts? If so, it might be hard to convince 
them to back the google car unless we can prove theirs is 
superior.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Date sent: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:05:01 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets

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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