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September 4, 2013

Road to driverless cars will be bumpy

  • Laws requiring a licensed driver at the wheel will have to change, and highways will need to accommodate cars with and without drivers. Are the on-board computers safe from hackers and who's at fault in a crash?
    • By DEE-ANN DURBIN
    AP Auto Writer

    DETROIT — Cars that drive themselves could be on U.S. roads by the end of this decade. But don't take your foot off the pedal just yet.

    Automakers, universities and others are at various stages in the development of autonomous cars. Google is testing some in California. General Motors recently announced that its “Super Cruise” system, which uses radar and cameras to steer and stop a car, could be on Cadillacs by the end of this decade. And Nissan has boldly promised that it will have an autonomous driving system by 2020.


     
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