Alphabet Corporation, which includes Google and the unit dealing with the development of automated driving systems, trying to convince the public that the algorithms have already reached such a high degree of perfection . However, eyeing the fresh statistics, accidents involving robo car the US government is not ready to release to the public road car without a steering wheel and pedals.
According to Bloomberg Edition, at a meeting of the profile committee of the US Senate, Google representatives are going to convince the government in the presence of economic and infrastructure advantages in the transition to the use of unmanned vehicles. In particular, it is alleged that a sufficient spread of robocar will allow to spend less on the development of the road network - Google's logic, the movement will be optimized as individual vehicles will be less. In addition, under the Park robocar require less space in parking lots and garages .
Reducing accident - another absolute, according to Google, the effect of the widespread use of cars with autopilot. Not to mention the number of saved lives, it provides tangible cost savings by reducing the damage to the economy. Furthermore, to develop public transport can be a lower cost - robotic taxi will assume a significant part of the passenger traffic.