shakyjay wrote:
Yes they are already on the road, at least in the testing stages. So far they seem to be proving to be safe. I have only read of one accident. The "driverless" car was rear ended and not at fault. Because of the video and data recording systems on the vehicle they were able to get a great eyewitness so to speak.
I can just see a car driven by "Andy" (Andy the Android if you do not get it, A dummy in the driver's seat (Manikin kind) and a computer driving the car, well a rack of computers). Video recorders all around, and the other idiot saying "He just suddenly pulled in front of me and stopped yammer yammer yammer) and the officer saying "OH, Watch this".
I have heard of police investigations that basically went like that by the way.. Only it was an audio recording not video..
And one murder investigation where the defense was supplied with a true copy of the officer's dash cam video and arrived all smiley because you could not tell much from that tape.. NOTE it was a true copy.
The original was sent to the FBI video lab and an enhanced copy came back.. Dang near studio quality.. Clearly showed the defendants doing the deed..... Defense smiles suddenly went away.. This was in Texas. and.. Well, those killers won't be doing it again in this life anyway.