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What? Google was on California's roads in 2009 before anybody, least of all the DMV, knew what they were doing.
by Fricken 10y ago
What? Google was on California's roads in 2009 before anybody, least of all the DMV, knew what they were doing.
- nl 10y agoNo, Google had a permit from the DMV when they started testing. Can't find the reference now, but I remember how they'd had to take DMV people in the car to convince them that they were serious.
- Fricken 10y ago'The Google researchers said they had carefully examined California’s motor vehicle regulations and determined that because a human driver can override any error, the experimental cars are legal' [1] That's from a 2010 NYT article by John Markoff. They ultimately hired Ron Medford, former NHTSA director to lead a big Johnny Appleseed awareness raising campaign with regulators, but initially they just went and started testing. [1] https://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?referer=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/ https://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?...