Ability of a car to get from point A to point B without human interaction

1. Google driver-free cars
GOOGLE SELF-DRIVING CARS

2. WHAT IS IT?
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Ability of a car to get from point A to point B
without human interaction

3. HOW DOES IT WORK?
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Ultra-precise GPS
fixes
Scanner
Google translate
Lane departure
warning
Lane keep assist
Blind spot detection

4. ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES
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Electric
Quick reaction time
High speeds
Less accidents
DISADVANTAGES
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Current legislation
Expensive software
Human acceptance
• Additional information about the advantages
and disadvantages of self-driving cars can be
found at
http://www.geekosystem.com/self-driving-cars

5. PROBLEMS WITH
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
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National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration must regulate auto safety
Must create an “objective and testable”
performance standard
Too many possible failures with the system
and software

6. SELF-DRIVING CARS VS
OTHERS
• More information regarding ownership
statistics can be found at
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/08/23/car-popul

7. REFERENCES
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"A Look inside Google's "Driverless Car"" YouTube. YouTube, 23 Nov. 2011. Web. 14 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J17Qgc4a8xY>.
Attkisson, Sharyl. "Electric Vehicles Fall Drastically Short of Obama's 1 Million Goal." CBSNews.
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Howard, Bill. "Google: Self-driving Cars in 3-5 Years. Feds: Not so Fast." ExtremeTech. N.p., 8
Feb. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2013. <http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/147940-google-selfdriving-cars-in-3-5-years-feds-not-so-fast>.
Howard, Bill. "Self-driving Google Cars: 300,000 Miles, 0 Crashes — If Only Your PC Was as
Stable." ExtremeTech. N.p., 10 Aug. 2012. Web. 14 Apr. 2013.
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"Number Of Cars Worldwide Surpasses 1 Billion; Can The World Handle This Many Wheels?"
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2012. Web. 14 Apr. 2013. <http://www.geekosystem.com/self-driving-cars/>.
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