Minority Report for Realsies, Guys – Say Hello to the Self-Driving Car

February 28, 2012

BMW’s driving themselves down the Autobahn, Audi’s traversing Pike’s Peak with nary a human inside, Google vehicles going 75mph, merging through traffic and avoiding pedestrians all on their own and even Neil Young, we hope, will remember, his ’59 Cadillac won’t need him around anyhow after his roboticist has his way with it (yup, he’s got his own roboticist and yup, he’s rigging the car to drive itself). Last time the world had a self-driving vehicle we called them horses. Within this decade, GM’s Alan Taub predicts this once seeming futuristic fantasy will be a household staple. The only questions now are how to determine who rides shotgun and will the young kids understand the Knight Rider references?