The driverless car being developed by Google may be the most important innovation in vehicle safety since safety belts.\u00a0 If Google meets its goals for reduction in traffic accidents, then millions of people could be saved from injury or death and billions of dollars could be saved.<\/p>\n
Google’s driverless car technology uses sensors and cameras to detect the physical form of the road, read signs and watch for vehicles and pedestrians.\u00a0 The car uses the data to adjust speed and steering and apply the brakes.<\/p>\n
Sebastian Thrun, Google’s lead developer of its driverless car technology, has made the claim that the system will one day be able to reduce traffic accidents by 90 percent.\u00a0 In 2009, there were approximately 5.5 million car accidents in the United States, with 9.5 million vehicles involved.\u00a0 There were 33,808 traffic deaths and 2.2 million people were injured, with 240,000 requiring hospitalization.<\/p>\n
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