Driverless Car: Google got the Licence

Google driverless car has finally got Nevada’s approval. But many wonder if we should trust robots by entrusting them with driving us around the town. Watch the video

Google’s self-driving car has been in the news for a while. As of now, the driverless car has got license from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to run on public streets. It is for the first time a self-driving car is allowed to get into the streets. But the autonomous car is given the license on condition that at least two persons will sit inside the vehicle while moving on roads. One person should sit behind the steering as in the case of regular cars and another one should sit in the passenger’s seat to monitor the computer driven car’s movements. This condition is meant to ensure the safety. The persons can manually bring the car in control in the wake of any emergency.

Nevertheless, many people are concerned about the safety of the driverless car from Google. Attorney of the California Department of Motor Vehicles recently said that the technology was in front of the law in some areas. What he meant is that the self-driving cars like the one from Google are against the state laws, which “presume to have a human being operating the vehicle.” Yes, as per the country’s current vehicular rules, cars should have a driver inside to drive them. But Google’s driverless car breaks the rules as it has received the green signal from the Nevada authority.

Is Google’s driverless car safe?
Google engineers have been working for sometimes to develop the self-driving car. The company engineer Sebastian Thrun, who is also the director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, is the brain behind the coveted project. Sebastian Thrun, also the co-inventor of Google Street View, has made use of advanced technologies to build the car. He was assisted by 15 other Google engineers including Chris Urmson, Anthony Levandowski and Mike Montemerlo for the project.

Source:http://nvonews.com