Driverless cars now out-perform skilled racing drivers, engineers at Stanford University have shown, after pitting their latest model against a track expert.
The team has designed a souped-up Audi TTS dubbed ‘Shelley’ which has been programmed to race on its own at speeds above 120 mph at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Northern California.
When they tested it against David Vodden, the racetrack CEO and amateur touring class champion, Shelley was faster by 0.4 of a second.
Hours after Uber launched driverless cars in Pittsburgh, aldermen proposed an ordinance to ban driverless cars in Chicago.
The company’s fleet of robotic cars will be supervised by humans in the driver’s seat.
With Google, Uber and Tesla working to get driverless cars on the road, the streets will soon be controlled by computers. But there are important questions.
"When should driverless cars kill their own passengers?"
The very moment the passenger opts for a driverless car of course.
Computers are inherently stupid, don't let them dumb you down by relying on them.
Most of all don't trust them with your life when not 100% necessary.
We are slowly becoming the race of the helpless. Pathetic.
The story is flawed, this wasn't a professional driver he is a armature. "And they have used the results to make a car that can drive even better than expert motorists." would indicate a profession driver.