Comments on: Google Hits the Road

By: Pat Rice

Pat Rice — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:26:04 +0000

As a cyclist, I don’t know whether this would make me more comfortable on the road or less. I’ve had enough problems with human decision making/reaction times, etc. but I think I’d constantly be thinking “Am I big enough and slow enough for the sensors in that SUV to see me?”

Also don’t see how traffic jams would disappear. I don’t see those ever going away unless people get OUT of their cars.

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By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:11:45 +0000

“Then there’s this thing a lot of us Americans have about driving.”

“Or imagine Steve McQueen doing this in a robot car?”

Why do you present this as if it were a one-or-the-other choice? Google’s cars have an on/off switch. On, the cars drives. Off, you drive. This isn’t about making an irrevocable choice. You will have the _option_ of having the car drive, and that’s an option I’d love to have available to everyone! Anyone’s who’s tired, had to much to drink, wants to check their email, wants to take a nap, etc. can choose to let the car drive if they so wish. Me, I’d _love_ to have that option (if the laws get worked out)! I’d love it if _everyone_ had that option – I’d feel a lot safer on the roads if always-vigilant never-sleepy 360-degree-seeing robots were driving most of the cars!

And on a nice sunny day if I feel like going for a drive, I can turn off the autopilot and enjoy that too!

Where and how soon can I get one of these, please?

By: Randy Rieland

Randy Rieland — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:11:35 +0000

Actually, the Nevada law would allow a person to text while sitting behind the wheel.

By: Ryan Goodman

Ryan Goodman — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:11:48 +0000

I think everyone will still be required to get a driver’s license, that way the driver can take over in case of a computer malfunction. However since, we’ll be doing the actual driving a lot less often, I’m sure the DMV will require us to take a yearly driver’s test to ensure we are still capable of driving.

Then some real questions come into play like, if the car is driving itself, are we allowed to talk on the phone, text and surf the web, or even be drunk or sleep?

I believe laws will state that the human will always be responsible because it is our duty to take over in case of an emergency so texting, surfing the web, being drunk, and sleeping will still be against the law.

By: Ian Bowman-Henderson

Ian Bowman-Henderson — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:38:13 +0000

Hey Randy, cool new blog! Great to see the continuing coolness of Scripps alums.