Self-Driving Vehicles Coming Soon

By Cornelius Nunev





Larry Burns, former R&D chief of General Motors, is excited about self-driving automobiles. He thinks that they will fill entire United States fleets by 2020. By 2015, however, customers should get a good look at the technology in easily available models.



No problem with distractions in the vehicle anymore



The emissions in urban cities will decrease quite a bit with driverless vehicles because there will be fewer automobiles on the road. People will not get distracted, which will mean fewer accidents on the road. Distracted driving will become obsolete; people will be able to do whatever they want in the car, such as taking care of business and phone calls.



Top of the game is Google



Radar and video cameras are put to the driverless automobiles in order to detect road potential risks or stop signs. They position the automobile on the road very well. Google has gotten a lot of attention with its test drive of driverless automobiles. It has used Prius and Audi TT versions to test drive the system on public roads. In fact, Google has already test driven the program for thousands of miles.



Due to a separate human driver, there was one accident while the driverless system was active. Drivers can take over the system in the car at any point.



GM attempted driverless vehicles in 2007



In 2007, GM entered a self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe in a 55-mile race sponsored by the United States DARPA (DARPA). The race occurred in Victorville, Calif., and the self-driving system in the Tahoe (nicknamed "Boss") used familiar systems, from cameras and radar to global positioning satellites. Boss won the race, reports Automotive News.



Trying the system out



While Burns maintains that self-driving automobiles won't be fully accessible until 2020, he thinks that many of the necessary features will be accessible on most customer cars by 2015. He sees driverless systems working in tandem with adaptive cruise control, collision avoidance and lane-keeping technology to promote both passenger freedom and roadway safety.



Insurance corporations a stumbling block



Perhaps the greatest stumbling block for the adoption of self-driving vehicles will be the insurance industry. Autonomous automobile technology could create a maze for safety regulators to navigate, as determination of fault in the event of an accident will be more difficult to achieve.



How Google's driverless car works









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