> Such vehicles would not be street legal. On slow roads, I've often seen them driven around summer communities. It would be silly for the government to not al

> Such vehicles would not be street legal. On slow roads, I've often seen them driven around summer communities. It would be silly for the government to not allow this. > They would not be safe for passengers. The above commenter pointed out "enough trust for 2 tons of metal and a passenger," so I'm assuming the idea is that they don't have a passenger in them at this stage. Additionally, regardless of whether an SUV is safer for the individual behind the wheel, shouldn't it be that individual accepting the risk and not a random pedestrian who didn't consent to this experiment? > They would be unable to carry the necessary payloads. Do they really carry payloads at this stage? Isn't the focus on building a safe autonomous system? > Most of the weight of a car is in the chassis anyway, not the body. The golf carts are 1/8th to 1/4th the weight of a crossover, for example. The substantial issue I'd guess would be the differences in all aspects of performance between a real car and a golf cart, but at this stage companies like Uber should clearly just be testing detection of pedestrians et al.