Driverless shuttles are working out just fine in many other countries from the Netherlands to China. An entire fleet of driverless “pods” are being tested in the UK city of Milton Keynes. There’s even a pilot program of driverless golf carts designed by MIT that zoom people around a Singapore park. Besides the novelty factor, there could be some serious real-world impact if these things work out. Right now dozens of drivers who shuttle technology company workers from San Francisco to Silicon Valley are threatening to walk off the job due to very long shifts and extremely low pay. Whizzing employees around an office park is a little different than barreling passengers down the 101 Freeway, but this is an important start. Let the robot drivers take over the more geographically grueling routes and help the human drivers get better jobs that allow them to be closer to home.
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http://gizmodo.com/the-uss-first-autonomous-buses-will-drive-around-a-cali-1734989938
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