[nfbmi-talk] FW: More on Self-Driven Cars Oh how I want one!

[fred olver]

Fred, they don't comment on it, but how I wonder does the car get parked in 
a parking lot?

Fred Olver

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> self-driven cars
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> SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California took a step toward becoming the
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> second state in the nation to allow self-driven cars on its roads on
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> Monday, as the state Senate unanimously agreed to allow autonomously
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> driven vehicles such as those pioneered by Google.
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> Google's self-driving cars have already crossed the Golden Gate Bridge
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> and driven along the picturesque Pacific Coast Highway, according to
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> the company, which has taken California lawmakers on test drives.
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> "I had the pleasure of going out for a drive on the autonomous
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> vehicle," California state Senator Alan Lowenthal said before the
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> unopposed vote. "I have to say that there are some still issues with
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> it, but it's a better driver than I am."
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> The California bill, which passed in a 37-0 vote, will now go to the
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> state Assembly for consideration before heading to the desk of Governor
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> Jerry Brown. If passed and signed, it would go into effect in January 
> 2013.
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> Google's self-driven cars rely on video cameras, radar sensors, lasers,
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> and a database of information collected from manually driven cars to
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> help navigate, according to the company, which pioneered the
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> experimental technology in 2010.
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> "This technology is coming," Senator Alex Padilla, the bill's sponsor,
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> said on the Senate floor. "We've got to embrace the technology and
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> embrace the benefit that comes with it, but do so in a way that abides
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> by the safety requirements and regulations of our roads."
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> Padilla, Lowenthal and other state Senators test-rode autonomous
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> vehicles before voting on the legislation.
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> "When it's you in that drivers seat, and you engage the autonomous
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> technology, take your hands off the wheel and foot off the pedal, it's
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> not until then that you appreciate how sophisticated the technology
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> is," Padilla said after the vote, adding that the unanimous bipartisan
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> support is a good indication of smooth sailing through the Assembly.
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> The Nevada legislature was the first to authorize self-driving cars
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> last year. The measure went into effect in March and in May, the
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> state's Department of Motor Vehicles issued an autonomous vehicle
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> license for a Toyota Prius that Google had modified.
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> Arizona, Hawaii, Florida and Oklahoma are also considering autonomous
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> vehicles legislation. Other automakers are working on similar
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> self-driven car technology.
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> (Reporting by Mary Slosson; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Leslie 
> Gevirtz)
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