Eric Schmidt: Google Self-Driving Cars Should Become The Predominant Mode Of Transport In Our Lifetime
Techcrunch excerpt
Schmidt also went into how exactly the car worked, saying that a consumer will eventually type an address in what he called “Google maps on steroids.” “The deal here is that there’s a person in the driver’s seat, and a really big red button that says “Off.” He said the self-driving car would function much like a plane’s auto pilot, ultimately bolstered by a real human on standby.