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Jun. 20, 2015

Special licenses would stall the ascent of self-driving cars

As self-driving cars move closer to "deployment" - i.e., sales to the general public - debate has arisen as to whether special licenses should be required for operators of self-driving cars. By Hilary Rowen


By Hilary Rowen


I will be a guinea pig. Shortly, I will be sitting in a simulator at the Stanford
University Center for Design Research generating data on how ordinary drivers respond
when required to take control of a self-driving car.


Most of us are fairly good at keeping our attention on the road while we are actively
driving. (Although when our attention strays, the chance of bein...

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