Sunday, January 13, 2008

GM's Self Driving Car

Welcome to the future! A Car that drives itself: The 2008 Opel Vectra.

Driving is not that complicated at all if you own a car that drives itself. Hassle FREE and worry FREE! More relaxing and will surely make driving safer. check it out!


The car will be capable of piloting itself at speeds up to 60 mph in heavy traffic without any input from the driver sitting behind the steering wheel.

GM claims the system, called Traffic Assist, will make driving safer and more relaxing. It uses lasers, a video camera and plenty of computing power to "see" signs, bends, other vehicles and lane markings, and to control the engine, steering and brakes to keep the car in the correct position on the road and maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front.

The system is to become available on more models by the end of the decade — initially other cars on the Epsilon platform, including the next Saab 9-3, Cadillac BLS and Saturn Aura. Whether it will be launched in the U.S. will depend on whether administrators deem it safe — product liability laws are different in America.

GM expects the package to be about 50-percent more expensive than conventional active cruise control radar equipment, which controls distances but cannot steer the car.

What this means to you:
No, it's not April Fool's Day; GM really has developed a self-driving system. Great for traffic jams, but we're not sure about a car driving itself at 60 mph!

Source: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=107011

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xhien said...

Could this 'self-driving' car drift?

I wouldn't wanna take the risk of putting my life on the line if this car is driving at 60mph.. *hehe*