Thursday, April 12, 2012
Without a car driver
Jakarta - The traffic on the streets of the future will be like a science fiction movie. For a car that can run automatically without the driver is expected to exist in the market for less than a decade ahead.
Speaking at the University of Michigan, Head of Research and Development General Motors, Larry Burns said the car without the driver will almost certainly be there in the showroom.
2020 fastest car without a driver will come to market. With such an automatic car, every passenger will be delivered to each destination without the need to hold the steering wheel with minimal potential for more accidents and driving time will be faster because the car will require the help of satellites to find the quickest path to the destination.
"Many people take 60-90 minutes in the car. If we can save time, it will be very valuable," he said in automotive news, Wednesday (04/11/2012).
GM itself has begun conducting a series of related experiments is a car without a driver with Google who also did the same thing.
But that era is now prepared to meet without a driver's car, according to Burns is the rule. Because he thought there should be regulations that govern it. Car manufacturers also have to rack my brain to adapt to any existing rules.
"We must have policies and laws to find out when driving this car," he said.
"It's not going to be one of the breakthrough at that point it will please the customer, it will be the improvement of many factors," he said.
The cars without the driver is basically still be steered manually by each person. Only, there are features like auto-pilot on the plane. With this feature, the computer system will be able to take over the helm of the men when the driver is busy on other things such as calling, for example.
Radar devices, sensors, cameras, GPS and portable communication devices in the cars of the future will also interact between one car with another car.
With this device, expected to be by accident numbers. For the safety of the future system will help motorists even before they realize dangerous situations automatically.
Previously, GM has been doing research related to this technology since 2007 ago when Chevrolet Tahoe modified in such a way as to be able to walk alone without crew from California to the U.S. Navy base a distance of 55 miles.