[dba-Tech] Google's self-driving car

Then how would the car actually know where to go? Just saying Taco Bell
could take you anywhere.

I wonder how good the vehicle would perform, during rush hour traffic, in
the middle of the 401 or navigating across Toronto.

Jim

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No, Jim, at least not for the immediate picture. It's got lots of cameras
and sensors and it recognizes stop signs and traffic lights, and the
cameras provide 360 degree "vision" so it checks both ways before
proceeding from a stop sign, and of course it can park itself, is aware of
vehicles all around it and so on.

Now the objective test would be to compare the accident rate of a
driverless car with that of your average car piloted by a DUI.
A.

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> I love it.
>
> Does the function depend on Google maps? (The would give me pause...) This
> would be great for night out on the town. ;-)
>
> Jim
>
>
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