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...and has been testing them on live roads. They've apparently logged over 140,000 miles, some of which was driven on my favorite highways.

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Truly the future is a magnificent thing. I can only hope that this technology performs as they say it does, as it could potentially lead to less accident related deaths.

i heard about this a few years ago but it was just in the testing part

The only thing I can think of is, "Is there anyone in the car, and if not how many people have outright PANICKED so far?"

...further proof that Google is the real Skynet...

I wonder how fast auto makers will jump on this technology?

Is anyone else thinking "I, Robot" right now?

Google will soon take over the world.

Though honestly, I've been wondering how long technology like this will take to develop. Think about all the accidents that will be avoided once every car is like this.

google is amazing!

I heard it on our news - my favourite part is "Google have yet to decide how they will profit from this research". XD
I'd love to have one of the cars to test.
Although, I do love driving.... Fascinating technology nonetheless.

Ante Bellum (post: 1430325) wrote:The only thing I can think of is, "Is there anyone in the car, and if not how many people have outright PANICKED so far?"

From what I can tell, their testing has always had someone inside. Yep, found it - "Our cars are never unmanned."

Hmmm. limited application, expensive, no one will fully trust it for years to come.

MomentOfInertia (post: 1430602) wrote:Hmmm. limited application, expensive, no one will fully trust it for years to come.

Now, I wouldn't say I have firsthand experience, but wouldn't people have said the same thing about cars when they first started coming out?

Peanut (post: 1430345) wrote:...further proof that Google is the real Skynet...

Even more.

Personally, IF I ever got one, I'd still like the option to completely disable the software.

Mr. Hat'n'Clogs (post: 1430604) wrote:Now, I wouldn't say I have firsthand experience, but wouldn't people have said the same thing about cars when they first started coming out?

Probably. On the other hand, something like this is likely to be tied up for years in regulatory red tape, which wouldn't have existed (to that extent) in Henry Ford's day.

Icarus (post: 1430619) wrote:Personally, IF I ever got one, I'd still like the option to completely disable the software.

As in disable the automatic stuff? I doubt the software would go any more disabled than that. But then if you did that, you'd just have wasted a whole lot of money on a feature you don't use.

Mr. Hat'n'Clogs (post: 1430604) wrote:Now, I wouldn't say I have firsthand experience, but wouldn't people have said the same thing about cars when they first started coming out?

Well.. the leap from no car for the masses to an affordable car for the masses is a great advantage to the masses. A massive leap.

A leap from a person-driven car to an auto-driven car is... not a massive advantage to the masses. Great for lazy people, sending off your children to school by themselves, and um.. anything else? It seems the huge extra cost would not be worth it to most people, at least initially....

Warrior4Christ (post: 1430651) wrote:Well.. the leap from no car for the masses to an affordable car for the masses is a great advantage to the masses. A massive leap.

A leap from a person-driven car to an auto-driven car is... not a massive advantage to the masses. Great for lazy people, sending off your children to school by themselves, and um.. anything else? It seems the huge extra cost would not be worth it to most people, at least initially....

Well, I suppose I'm not well-read on Australia, but America has quite a few drunk drivers, something the many programs we see in school about how bad it is never seem to stop, but that, for instance, wouldn't be a problem with self-driving cars. Also, people who are bad drivers but aren't necessarily drunk also don't have to have driving problems. There's more but my head isn't feeling great so I don't want to write a long post.

I don't see it solving the drunk driving problem as someone who's drunk enough to get into a car wreck probably also wouldn't have the presence of mind to engage the autopilot.

Maybe I'm being optimistic, as I've never been drunk, but if it was default on autopilot I wouldn't think they'd shut it off because they're drunk?

Okay, I'm being optimistic, but I still think this is a pretty useful shift.