Back on December 13 last year, I posted a blog item about a strange-looking car that the wife and I kept seeing on the I-280 freeway on our drives from San Jose to San Francisco.
Despite all kinds of guesses and speculation, no one could come up with a definitive answer to the question: “What is it?”
Mystery solved!
Google, headquartered in Mountain View (near San Jose), has announced it is test-driving a driverless passenger car, and that in fact, it’s been testing it for quite a while now, driving them here and there, to and fro, on California highways – more than 140,000 miles so far.
Although it is designed not to need a driver, someone has been sitting in the driver’s seat up to now, ready to hit the big red “Kill” button in case something goes wrong. But apparently, it’s been a boring job.
Just for nostalgia’s sake, here’s the picture that the wife took last year. See? Do I lie?
- Photo by The Wife
Fun!
ReplyDeleteBut am I the only one uncomfortable with the 'driverless car' idea? Eek.