5 Reasons Why Google Wants to Gain Control of Your Car

Orig.src.Susanne.Posel.Daily.News- google.self.driving.car_occupycorporatism Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | The US Independent
April 29, 2014

 

Google is very proud of their self-driving cars.

So much so that their self-driving car (SDC) project has “entered a new stage” with the development of new technology that can:

• Drive an estimated 700,000 “accident-free” miles
• Utilize lasers, radar and camera to analyze urban driving conditions
• Artificial intelligence can “read” road signs
• Navigate obstacles in roadways
• Navigate merging into lanes and bad weather conditions
• Detailed mapping of the country

Chris Urmson, SDC project manager for Google said: “We’re growing more optimistic that we’re heading toward an achievable goal — a vehicle that operates fully without human intervention.”

Urmson is part of Google X Lab (GXL) which is a technology-based initiative to bring advanced robotics to the public within the next 3 years.

It was explained that with “jaywalking pedestrians [and] cars lurching out of hidden driveways, double-parked delivery trucks blocking your lane and your view”; in megacities of the future, the goal is to free residents from the “congestion from cars circling for parking and have fewer intersections made dangerous by distracted drivers. That’s why over the last year we’ve shifted the focus of the Google self-driving car project onto mastering city street driving.”

First on GXL’s list is to get SDCs on the road to replace human drivers.

Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, predicted that by 2017 SDCs would be available to the general public.

The auto industry is convinced that SDCs will take over conventional driving. The idea is that these autonomous cars could replace possible human error when operating a vehicle and reduce the amount of accidents and injuries that now occur.

To create the autonomous car for Google, a Stanford University team invented  Stanley  and began a new industry geared toward driverless cars for a sustainable future.

This SDC won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and the $2 million prize from the Department of Defense (DoD).

Just a few years ago, the State of Nevada approved the use of SDCs on the road after Google lobbied for new robotic car laws.

In 2012, Florida joined Nevada by allowing autonomous cars to be tested on public roads.

Following Florida, California legalized SDCs. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law at Google’s headquarters.



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