Rules Over Google Driverless Car Announced In California; Details Released!
As the public carefully awaited and witnessed the development and arrival ofthe Google driverless cars whizzing through the public roads, the company was deeply disappointed with the rules recently drafted and announced by the state of California, as stated by sources.
The tech giant said that it was "gravely disappointed" by the suggested rules to its Google driverless cars from California regulators that would ultimately restrain the use of its vehicles and would ban them from transporting on public thoroughfares in the state without having the required licensed human driver aboard it, as reported by USA Today.
The company's sentiment surrounding its Google driverless cars stemmed from the proposed rules by the state of California's Department of Motor Vehicles where it wanted to move from the current small-scale testing of prototypes on highways and thoroughfares to giving consumers access to the highly-evolving technology, through a cautious approach by requiring the cars to have steering wheels and a licensed driver aboard (in case the machine fails), according to Kansas City.
It was reported that the operators won't be able to take their eyes off the road and sit back as they must be ready to take over the wheel from the computer at the event that the driverless car should encounter a problem, as reported by PC World.
"Given the potential risks associated with the deployment of such a new technology, DMV believes that manufacturers need to obtain more experience in testing driverless vehicles on public roads prior to making this technology available to the general public," the agency stated via a written overview of the regulations, courtesy of the source.
In addition, the race to driverless cars has begun as more and more companies have made their entries, according to sources.
Google has already announced its plans to make its driverless cars unit a stand-alone business under the Alphabet Incorporated umbrella next year, as stated by Bloomberg.
Over at the other side of the world, Baidu, China's biggest search engine, has made its entry in the race of driverless car when it announced Thursday that its autonomous vehicle has completed a full road test with mixed routes and different weather conditions, as reported by CNBC.
Moreover, Ford has recently announced as well that it will begin testing its fully autonomous version of its Fusion Hybrid on the streets of California in 2016, making the company the latest automaker to compete in the driverless car technology, according to PC World.
