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发信人: auo (aeiou), 信区: NewYork
标 题: 无人开车，加州合法
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Sep 26 15:14:29 2012, 美东)
谷歌的无人开车，电脑控制汽车车在加州合法了。的士司机的行业很快受到威胁。谷歌
说电脑开车比人开车更加安全。 80% 车祸都是人为错误。
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/with-a-push-from-googl
With a Push From Google, California Legalizes Driverless Cars
California drivers could soon see cars on the road driving themselves,
courtesy of Google and the state government.
On Tuesday at Google’s headquarters, the governor of California, Jerry
Brown, signed into law a bill to legalize driverless cars. The bill had
overwhelmingly passed the State Legislature. Google, which has been building
the cars, says they are safer because they nearly eliminate human error.
They could also be more fuel-efficient, the company says, and place
California and the United States at the forefront of automobile innovation.
“It’s significant because California is a big state, a first mover and
really a big player,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of
Washington who studies autonomous vehicle law. “It’s a good signal for the
other states.”
Technically, cars that drive themselves are not illegal, because there is no
law that says cars must have drivers. The Google cars have been driving on
California roads for a couple of years, including down Highway 1, a
treacherous stretch overlooking the ocean. Some Google employees are now
commuting to work in the cars.
But Google — along with other companies and research institutions
developing such technology — wants to make the cars explicitly legal.
Nevada and Florida have also legalized the cars.
“Because it’s going to look strange to a sheriff driving by, and to remove
uncertainty, what they want is a pronouncement that yes, it’s O.K. to be
driving cars around here without a driver,” Mr. Calo said.
Google has been heavily lobbying lawmakers in California and elsewhere to
support the cars. The California law gives Google and the people riding in
the cars more freedom than other laws legalizing them. Nevada’s law
requires, for example, that the cars have a certain number of hours on the
road and special license plates, while California’s has few restrictions.
The California bill indicated that lawmakers would add regulations later.
In addition to building the cars, which operate using computers, sensors and
cameras, Google services like maps could be part of the cars. (Maybe that
is why Google is dragging its feet on announcing a new maps app for the
iPhone.)
“I think Google’s endgame is more about how they can be software as a
service for the entire driverless car industry,” Mr. Calo said.
In a statement on Tuesday, Google said, “Self-driving cars have the
potential to significantly increase driving safety.” The statement
congratulated the Legislature “for building a thoughtful framework to
enable safe, ongoing testing of the technology and to anticipate the needs
and best interests of California citizens who may own vehicles with self-
driving capabilities one day.” |
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