Driverless Car

Driverless car tech gets serious at CES

By: Heather Kelly

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/tech/innovation/self-driving-cars-ces/index.html

In Las Vegas, there is this technology show held every year called CES (Consumer Electronics Show). They introduce new technology to the audience and let them try it out also. One of the new technology that is out is the BMW and Audi driverless car. It turns out it is illegal to test drive driverless cars but Nevada is one of the few states where it is legal. Although it is driverless, it is required for a person to be sitting in the drivers seat at all times.The BMW can drift by itself and that shows that is has precise control systems and that it can handle itself in dangerous situations. The car can steer, break, speed up, and slow down. There are also many sensors on the car. BMW is currently working on strategy technology. The only problems these car makers have are laws. These cars are seven to ten years away to actually come out and make commercials. It may be developing fast but the companies still need some time to make soft ware and non-hardware problems to be fixed and to be the best it could be. This car is much safer than people driving because apparently the cars know when an accident will happen but that does not make it accident proof. Dr. Werner Huber says "The car is becoming a driving robot, a moving robot."