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This year on UK roads appear robotic cars
British Scientists s> officials have given the "green" light vehicles with autonomous control system. Permission to use these cars has already been given, and testing of the "behavior" of robotic vehicles on the roads of the country is scheduled for later this year. Department of Transport, or rather, the representatives of this office, expressed his confidence that the cars with autonomous control system can reduce congestion, improve safety plus participants in the movement. It is worth noting that in the UK emit as much as 50 billion pounds to upgrade the road system, and the project with robotic cars - part of the overall plan.
In the US, these cars are already permitted in some states (and not for the test, and in a general sense). In the same California vehicles with autonomous control can appear without any problems on public roads. Besides California, the same situation in the states of Florida, Nevada, perhaps, Michigan, in the near future. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and urges other states allow at cars with autonomous control.
Automakers, realizing that such cars may well be a common mode of transport in the near future, create their own models. Nissan, Audi, Toyota had already submitted their own cars that can travel on the roads without human intervention. The pioneers in this field was the corporation Google, whose members believe that the commercial use of a new type of vehicle will begin in 3-5 years.
Now autonomous control of the vehicle is mainly used not to the full "autopilot". Automakers while considering autonomy only as a fallback when something goes wrong with the participation of a human driver. If something happens (well, for example, the driver fell asleep or bad to him or lost control for some other reason), the computer takes control, and tries to eliminate the hazard.
Perhaps in the future, with the advent of a large number of roads "smart" cars, the last will be able to exchange data, which would make driving on the road almost safe.
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