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Originally Posted by sggoodri

Without a new Pontiac to uglify....

I predict the availability of self-driving cars on freeways in 10-15 years, using some combination of GPS, LIDAR, RADAR and multispectral computer vision.

I suspect the systems will disable self driving outside of freeways due to the much more complex traffic and obstruction hazards on normal streets. I suspect they will use GPS to determine the type of roadway they are on, as well as the posted speed limit.

The question is, will car owners accept a robot driver that won't speed? I don't think the government will accept a robot driver that will speed.

Probably the real question is when this technology will be adopted by Americans. The issues of liability and potential law suits tend to hold back developments in the US auto industry... unless mandated by law.

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