California Pushing Driverless Cars So Commuters Can Be More Productive

California is quietly positioning itself at the leading edge of what could be the biggest revolution in daily travel since the day the buggy was unhitched from the horse.

The self-driving, or autonomous, car, seen by many as a "Jetsons"-like futuristic dream, may be less than a decade from commercial reality, some researchers now say, pushed forward in good part by an unlikely California company — Web giant Google Inc.

"We may be at a historic cusp where driverless cars share the road," said Carroll Lachnit, an editor at car information site Edmunds.com. "The (technological) pieces are all there."

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monster - 8/24/2012 9:44:06 AM

+1 Boost

Let's call it personalized trains on the road.

bfghemicuda - 8/24/2012 1:36:40 PM

+2 Boost

Personally I do alot of driving. It seems to me when I see current driving habits that many vehicles on the road are already driverless.