Google has been testing self-driving cars for several years, with a recent incident involving a collision with a bus while the car was traveling at a low speed. Despite some skepticism from drivers, most prefer to retain control, although many are open to assisted-driving features. Google predicts that self-driving cars will be ready for public use by 2020, aiming for greater safety and reliability compared to human drivers.

1. Hearing about Self Driving Cars

2. Every time I see things on the internet about trying to develop self
driving cars, I think that Google has already created these cars and
are testing them daily.

3. Google has had these self driving cars on the road for a couple of
years now.

4. They have been seen to be very safe never causing an accident.

5. There were a couple of times where someone hit a Google car but
never the other way around, until recently a self driving Google car
crashed into the side of a bus.

6. Self Driving Cars Can Crash

7. Google’s driverless Lexus SUV was traveling at 3 kilometers per
hour while the bus was going about 24 kilometers per hour.

8. According to WIRED, a technology magazine, Google’s car changed
lanes and moved into the path of a bus.

9. The only damaged was on the left front wheel and fender of
Google’s car.

10. “We’ll inevitably be involved in accidents; sometimes it’s
impossible to overcome the realities of speed and distance… In the
six years of our project, we’ve been involved in 12 minor accidents
during more than 1.8 million miles of autonomous and manual
driving combined.” Google said.

11. Self Driving Cars Survey

12. A new AAA survey of 1,800 drivers says that drivers prefer to have
control over their car.

13. 75 percent of drivers say they wouldn't feel safe in a self-driving car
however, 60 percent say they would like to get some kind of
assisted-driving feature, such as automatic breaking or self-parking.

14. Some people that want the use of self-driving cars argue they
would be safer than cars driven by humans, because they cannot
get distracted or drive when tired or impaired.

15. The Future for Self Driving Cars

16. Google is predicting the cars will be ready for the road by 2020.

17. There have been some minor incidents in the past with Google’s
self driving cars that make people think these cars are unsafe, but
these cars are still in testing and development.

18. So when 2020 comes around I am sure they will be completely safe
and possible even more reliable than human drivers.

19. As this technology advances there will always be people that are
skeptical and others that embrace it.

20. Seeing as the world is today it is only the matter of time before self
driving cars become an everyday thing.