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Driverless Car Bill Signed

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Chris McQuillan

It may look like the stuff of science-fiction, and sound like the stuff of science-fiction, but it’s soon to become science-fact.

California governor Jerry Brown backed legislation on Tuesday to bring driverless cars onto the roads of California.

A Google project, the company have been testing a fleet of 12 computer-controlled automatic vehicles for a while now.  The bill – signed at Google HQ – will set up safety and performance regulations in order to ensure the new fleet of vehicles is safe.  These need to be drafted by 2015.

Brown said:

[quote]Today we’re looking at science-fiction becoming tomorrow’s reality.[/quote]

Google’s Sergey Brin added that the new cars would be “far safer” than those driven by humans, and can “really dramatically improve the quality of life for everyone”.

Brown did add:

[quote]Anyone who gets inside a car and finds out the car is driving will be a little skittish.[/quote]

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