• 17
  • February
    2012

"I wish they would keep their eyes on the road." As Steve Henn reports for National Public Radio, the man who wishes people would pay more attention to the road is the same man who is helping Google make driverless cars-because, as Henn writes, "Robots are never distracted. They don't text or drink or get tired."

In other words, robots are less likely-possibly less likely-to get into passenger vehicle accidents.

Anthony Levandowski admits, "We get a lot of thumbs up. People drive by and then they wave." Levandowski is referring to other motorists' reactions to Google's robotic car as it drives itself down the road. Google calls it a "self-driving car," and with Nevada's new law explicitly allowing for a type of "learner's permit" for robot cars, Google has taken us one step closer to a future that many people have dreamed about for years.

Given that much of our personal injury practice centers on helping people who have been injured in car wrecks because of someone else's poor driving, we understand why Henn concludes his piece with this quote:

"[O]ne day we may be asking ourselves if humans should still be allowed to drive."

Source: When The Car Is The Driver