Driverless Car Plans Introduced

Cars that drive themselves, even parking at their destination, it's just a dream! But in real life, it could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors executives say.
GM, parts suppliers, university engineers, and other automakers, all are working on vehicles that could revolutionize short- and long-distance travel. And Tuesday, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will devote part of his speech to the driverless vehicles.
"This is not science fiction," Larry Burns, GM's vice president said in a recent interview.
The most significant obstacles facing the vehicles could be human rather than technical: government regulation, liability laws, privacy concerns and people's passion for the automobile and the control it gives them.
Much of the technology already exists for vehicles to take the wheel: radar-based cruise control, motion sensors, lane-change warning devices, electronic stability control, and satellite-based digital mapping. And automated vehicles could dramatically improve life on the road, reducing crashes and congestion... if people are interested, that is. For more information, go onto http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2008/01/07/853904.html and save up to buy one someday.