Driverless Cars
The only safe way? – Cars don’t cause auto accidents–drivers do, which is why the ultimate goal of some engineers is to create cars that don’t need drivers. And if you’re the pedestrian and one of these vehicles hits you, you’re more likely to die if you don’t have insurance.
A team of driverless cars took a 3-month journey from Europe to China. The result, according to PhysOrg.com, was “a pair of fender-benders, two technology-loving hitchhikers and 22 hours blocked at the Russian border.” The vehicles were controlled by a group of engineers stationed in Italy, in the same way that US drone war planes are flown by remote control from long distances away.
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