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Google Lobbies Nevada To Allow Self-Driving Cars
b0bby writes "The NY Times reports that Google is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the first state in which self-driving cars could be legally operated on public roads. 'The two bills, which have received little attention outside Nevada's capitol, are being introduced less than a year after the giant search engine company acknowledged that it was developing cars that could be safely driven without human intervention.'"
What is interesting, is how they incrimentated themselves. First, the article states that Nevada would be the first state to allow that kind of driving. Secondly, they openly admitted to doing over 1000 miles of that kind illegally in the state of California.
From TFA:
In the testing program, each vehicle is overseen by a driver and a second Google employee who monitors the equipment from the passenger seat. Because of the human oversight, the company has avoided legal action against reckless — or, in this case, driverless — driving.
Well, I might have a way, but it only works on a semi spherical planet in a vacuum.
Because references to Skynet are both predictable and not funny.