We often see technological advances in movies that seem unrealistic. A car that drives itself is an example of one of these seemingly implausible concepts that is common in speculation about the future. But so much could go wrong with a car driving itself: a bug in the software, or a situation that hasn't been accounted for. It is hard to imagine people trusting their lives to a computer program every time they step out of the house. Despite the possible deadly scenarios, the technology for software driven cars is looming in our immediate future. In 2007, the DARPA Urban Challenge held a contest for autonomous cars capable of navigating through traffic. Eleven teams responded. The technology exists. Yet there are still two things stopping the autonomous car: funding, and the trust of the American public.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/07/driving-blind-daytona-thanks-robotic-cars/
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