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I wonder if this is legal. I mean, if one of these cars went haywire and mowed down a bunch of pedestrians before the "driver" was able to take control, I reck
by eogas 16y ago
I wonder if this is legal. I mean, if one of these cars went haywire and mowed down a bunch of pedestrians before the "driver" was able to take control, I reckon Google would have some splainin to do. With autonomous vehicles coming closer and closer to a reality, it's somewhat alarming that there appears to be no legal body attempting to define some guidelines on this subject. At the rate our government works, we'll have fully functioning, marketable autonomous vehicles long before it's legal to use them.
- drm237 16y agoI would guess that the drivers behave just like they would normally. If the car hasn't started breaking by the time the driver would typically, he just does it himself.
- kijinbear 16y agoAccording to the article, Google's lawyers decided it was OK, because a human was sitting in the driver's seat ready to override the system at any time. I guess it's a little bit like student drivers being supervised by experienced drivers, but who knows what a random cop would think?
- ajju 16y agoActually the article says the legal counsel for the California DMV 'decided' it was o.k., which is even better!
- eogas 16y agoI guess that will teach me to comment before reading the entire article. Anyway, I would expect that this issue will be looked into a bit deeper once companies start producing autonomous cars.
- modeless 16y agoWell, cruise control is legal, and since there's a trained professional behind the wheel at all times accepting liability there's no legal issue. The real issue comes when you want to let the car drive itself alone...