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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 2:44:14 PM

It may be years before you can take your hands off the wheel and have your car go where you tell it. But driverless cars are on their way and Florida is already embracing the vehicles, whose technology promises to save lives, create jobs and free minds from the grind of the road.

Last month Florida became the second state to pass a bill allowing tests of self-driving cars.

Lawmakers in places such as Florida and Nevada - the first state to legalize self-driving cars for testing - have realized that embracing the technology could be fruitful during tough economic times, said Lindsay Voss, senior program development manager for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.


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ltbombb
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Message Posted: Jun 2, 2012 7:57:06 AM

I really wonder how the automatic cars are going to play with the 'jerk' drivers.
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Charley_7
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Message Posted: May 10, 2012 1:18:37 PM

Great if driverless cars are the only things on the road, sounds chaotic if there's a mix of computer and human drivers...
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BEGTWO
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Message Posted: May 10, 2012 8:16:34 AM

OK Now!!!
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335d1
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Message Posted: May 10, 2012 5:11:52 AM

I'll keep on driving.
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aquarinut
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 10:29:18 PM

And I thought only NV and CA were that gullible!!

[Edited by: aquarinut at 5/9/2012 10:29:29 PM EST]
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ExplorerWA
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 10:01:08 PM

I don't want one. I like to drive.
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TomT2Lee
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 8:49:53 PM

It will be entertaining and deadly.
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MetroSexual
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 8:19:28 PM

BSOD + MVA = DOA.
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me2002
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 7:09:17 PM

Yikes!
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Xavier80
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 7:07:24 PM

Cool
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MusicalMan7
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 4:54:24 PM

Can't wait to see the crazy laws that come from this new development. Oh, if George Jetson could see us now!
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bandannaman
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 4:02:53 PM

We can hack that!
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ktyson13
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 3:52:00 PM

will be safer that all the idiots out there texting while driving!
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buckets42
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 3:47:00 PM

Maybe the rest of us should prepare too - take cover!
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 3:44:38 PM

can't wait, it ought to be fun messing with their AI.
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Message Posted: May 9, 2012 2:45:29 PM

Ok, i thought ppl take their hands off the wheel now, they text all the time.
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