Motor Mouth: The 'social ballet' of autonomous driving
Technically, no matter what the claims from certain manufacturers, current semi-autonomous vehicles require that a driver keep their hands on the wheel at all times. Even most experimental vehicles — for instance, the ill-fated Uber-ized Volvo that was involved in a fatality in Phoenix — are supposed to have an “emergency driver” who is supposed to remain alert at all times just in case of computer failure. That said, our inclement weather — not so apparent as I write this on a record-setting warm March 11 — does provide us with an opportunity to become a “global hub” of auton...