There is still a vast amount of work to be done...

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by seanwitte

Autonomous vehicles will come, but not anytime soon. They will be extremely complex and expensive machines that will take decades to produce. Cars are fairly safe, its the drivers that are the problem.

fully autonomous, maybe

but they already have the door cracked open a bit.

My baseline Saturn Vue has antilock brakes (that wont let the driver lock up the wheels) and it has an electronic throttle with traction control (that wont let the driver spin the wheels).

Some SUVs are being made with turn rate sensors that wont let you turn fast enough to roll the vehicle over (sense when the vehicle is starting to roll, and straightens out the front wheels!)

So we have vehicles now that are able to 'over ride' the driver on the brakes, gas pedal, and the steering - we are almost there.