GM offering driverless cars within 10 years. Wait! Hold it! I have to get my rubber boots!
Wanna bet?
Cars that drive themselves — even parking at their destination — could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say.
“This is not science fiction,” Larry Burns, GM’s vice president for research and development, said in a recent interview…
Much of the technology already exists for vehicles to take the wheel: radar-based cruise control, motion sensors, lane-change warning devices, electronic stability control and satellite-based digital mapping. And automated vehicles could dramatically improve life on the road, reducing crashes and congestion…
If people are interested.
And if you get past Congress, the CPSC, and 14,000 lawyers waiting with product liability claims.
Posted: Mon - January 7, 2008 at 07:40 AM