Driverless Cars Not Far Away

Joey Cifelli · Feb 19, 2012

Anybody else see this?

Driverless cars? That’s some kind of futuristic fantasy, right? Think again. Driverless car technology has taken giant leaps in the past few years — in fact, you might see one driving right next to you any day now.
This tech won’t come a moment too soon, either. According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA), distracted driving killed 5,474 people in the U.S. in 2009, and that number is only going to get bigger and scarier.
As you can see in the infographic below, help is on the way. Even though ingenious autonomous cars are in the research stage right now, within the next few years you’ll be able to buy one for yourself.
In fact, a lot of that technology is already finding its way into today’s cars. You’re already familiar with GPS, and many cars now have lane-departure warning systems and can park themselves.
The autonomous vehicle sounds spectacular, with the potential to almost eliminate accidents. But the key question: Will people accept the technology? Maybe not at first, but within a couple of decades, I predict we’ll look back at the days of human driving and wonder how we subjected ourselves to such horrific dangers every day.
Think about it. This is exciting. Soon, you’ll be able to sit in the driver’s seat and read your iPad on the way to work (oh wait, you’re already doing that?). Or you’ll call your car to pick you up at the airport, just like cowboys used to do when they’d whistle for their horses.
Dive into this infographic, and look forward to our driverless future:

http://mashable.com/2012/02/19/driverless-cars-infographic/

Irish · Feb 19, 2012

cabbies too?

Rube · Feb 19, 2012

they already have them in a new city that was built in the emirates
cars all drive automatically and the main streets are all underground in order to keep pedestrian areas clear of cars

craig · Feb 19, 2012

Not gonna happen anytime soon.
And as soon as it does and there's a traffic fatality, whoever built the car or the autopilot software is going to get sued out of existence.

blueplatespecial · Feb 20, 2012

Great news for all drunks and stoners!

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