Google's Driverless Cars Now Rolling In the Heart of Texas

MarkWhittington notes that, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, Google has started testing its self-driving cars in Austin. These driverless cars, loaded with the sensors, GPS transponders, and cameras, are now in service in "an area northeast and north of downtown Austin. The purpose of the test drives is to see if the car's software works in driving conditions outside of California and to develop a detailed map of Austin city streets. Each self-driving car has two human drivers ready to assume manual control if something goes wrong."

Comments

Re:What an idea

[arth1]

Wow, checking if something works outside of California. What an idea!

Wake me up when they test winter driving in upper New Hampshire.

Re:Question

[CreatureComfort]

You realize prototype and home built airplanes are flown from public airports all the time?