[nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
The reason why the Google Car is Superior is because it is already going 
mainstream, it has a major company behind it and there is nothing wrong with 
backing both cars.
The big debate will be if people want to drive under their own control or a 
computers. It is not unlike reading Braille or using a screen reader to read 
a book. Braille is all fine and dandy, but a screen reader is very 
important. The difference is the Google car is going mainstream and will 
have mainstreem support. It would be the same if Jaws went mainstreem and 
companies like Google started making units that used Jaws and no screen. 
Braille would be useful, but not particularly necessary for most common 
tasks.
If one used a car on city roads and highways, there would be very little or 
no need to manually drive. If one wanted to map a long driveway or country 
road, one would need to manually drive it till the road could be completely 
entered into the database.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: Sophie Trist
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:37 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Google car takes to the streets

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"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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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