A new Department responsible for policy motor vehicles of California requires Google to add steering wheel and pedals to their cars without driver.
This standard, which goes into effect next month, is applicable to the testing phase and determines that a human should be able to take immediate physical control of the vehicle if there is a software failure.
In practice, this means that Google will have to equip their fleet of cars with manual controls before the power put in public streets.
According to The Wall Street Journal, instead deciding to test the vehicle on private roads, Google will comply with the policy and install a small temporary system with steering wheel and pedals.
The Telegraph reports that this week the car without driver of Google had already received permission to exceed the speed limit set by law at about 15 km/h. The justification is that a recent test showed that it is safer for this car exceed the speed limit and keep track of the remaining traffic than to maintain a hard rhythm and cause obstacles in the circulation. However, it was made the proviso that the vehicle never exceed by more than 15 km/h the limit established by law.
Stay in the air an interesting question: If the car is fined for speeding, who pays the fine is the passenger, the owner or the Google, which developed the software?
This standard, which goes into effect next month, is applicable to the testing phase and determines that a human should be able to take immediate physical control of the vehicle if there is a software failure.
In practice, this means that Google will have to equip their fleet of cars with manual controls before the power put in public streets.
According to The Wall Street Journal, instead deciding to test the vehicle on private roads, Google will comply with the policy and install a small temporary system with steering wheel and pedals.
The Telegraph reports that this week the car without driver of Google had already received permission to exceed the speed limit set by law at about 15 km/h. The justification is that a recent test showed that it is safer for this car exceed the speed limit and keep track of the remaining traffic than to maintain a hard rhythm and cause obstacles in the circulation. However, it was made the proviso that the vehicle never exceed by more than 15 km/h the limit established by law.
Stay in the air an interesting question: If the car is fined for speeding, who pays the fine is the passenger, the owner or the Google, which developed the software?
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