Driverless cars can be licensed in Nevada
February 27, 2012 | Source: SF Gate
Nevada has become the first state to allow driverless cars to apply for their own drivers’ licenses.
The rules, which go into effect March 1, will make it possible for companies such as Google and Mercedes-Benz and maybe even General Motors to test their robot cars on Nevada’s 26,000 miles of road.
Just to be sure, two trained drivers have to be in every car, one of them in the front seat prepared to take back control. And the DMV requires the cars to have a separate data recorder to collect information in case of a crash.
Comments (4)
by Kennita Watson
WTF? Why would a car that ostensibly needs zero drivers have to have two, when a plain old stupid car only has to have one?
by Bill DeSmedt
There used to be a road sign outside my small hometown reading “Unattended vehicles must stop motors.” I always wondered — how? Now I know
by The Sky Hedgehogian Maestro
So does this mean I wasted my time slaving over a driver’s license?
by Ralph
I’m sure SkyNet got their application in too.