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Cadillac SRX Converted Into Self-Driving Car

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 9, 2013 @03:06AM from the no-hands dept.

fergus07 writes "There's been much talk about self-driving cars in recent times and the latest glimpse into this autonomous future comes from Carnegie Mellon University where researchers have loaded a Cadillac SRX with an array of sensors that allow it to manage highway traffic, congested roadways, and even merging on and off ramps."

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Re:communications system? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 03:16 · Score: 3, Funny

what happens to the victims who have bills that are pillaging up while
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
Re:this is why by PPH · 2013-09-09 04:17 · Score: 3, Funny

In these parts, Cadillacs that miss off-ramps just back up on the freeway and try again. If they can implement this behavior in an autonomous car, I'd say they are good to go.

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Re:Considering the buyers of these cars by h4rr4r · 2013-09-09 05:36 · Score: 3, Funny

No one who listens to that has ever bought a Cadillac.
Rap music or whatever was popular in the 1890s are likely the only options on a Cadillacs radio.