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05-03-2016, 10:01 PM
Really, you don't want a steering wheel in your self-driving car
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Google's prototypes of driverless cars don't have steering wheels. Simply put, they don't need them. That's because the driving system is the driver (http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/google-self-driving-car-considered-driver/), **t the human occupant.
SEE ALSO: Beverly Hills plans to use auto**mous vehicles for public transportation (http://mashable.com/2016/04/19/beverly-hills-auto**mous-vehicles/)
Arguably, steering wheel-less cars are the future of mobility. Turns out, though, their existence might be holding back widespread acceptance of self-driving tech**logy.
Before we get to why, let's first take a quick look at what exactly qualifies as an auto**mous car.
Semi vs. full auto**my
Obviously, an auto**mous car is one that can drive itself. However, there are cars with auto**mous or "piloted" systems on the road today that can drive themselves for short distances on the freeway without a driver's input, like Tesla's Autopilot (http://mashable.com/2015/10/14/tesla-software-7-0/) or Audi's*Traffic Jam Assist. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/driverless-car-**-steering-wheel/)
More about Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tesla Autopilot (http://mashable.com/category/tesla-autopilot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Driverless Cars (http://mashable.com/category/driverless-cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Self Driving Cars (http://mashable.com/category/self-driving-cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Transportation (http://mashable.com/category/transportation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/91V1860fKbk
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Google's prototypes of driverless cars don't have steering wheels. Simply put, they don't need them. That's because the driving system is the driver (http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/google-self-driving-car-considered-driver/), **t the human occupant.
SEE ALSO: Beverly Hills plans to use auto**mous vehicles for public transportation (http://mashable.com/2016/04/19/beverly-hills-auto**mous-vehicles/)
Arguably, steering wheel-less cars are the future of mobility. Turns out, though, their existence might be holding back widespread acceptance of self-driving tech**logy.
Before we get to why, let's first take a quick look at what exactly qualifies as an auto**mous car.
Semi vs. full auto**my
Obviously, an auto**mous car is one that can drive itself. However, there are cars with auto**mous or "piloted" systems on the road today that can drive themselves for short distances on the freeway without a driver's input, like Tesla's Autopilot (http://mashable.com/2015/10/14/tesla-software-7-0/) or Audi's*Traffic Jam Assist. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/driverless-car-**-steering-wheel/)
More about Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tesla Autopilot (http://mashable.com/category/tesla-autopilot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Driverless Cars (http://mashable.com/category/driverless-cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Self Driving Cars (http://mashable.com/category/self-driving-cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Transportation (http://mashable.com/category/transportation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/91V1860fKbk