GM Official: Driverless Car Nears Realization

Detroit (AHN) - General Motors Corp. executives announced recently that within a decade, the cars that can drive and park at their destination could be ready for sale.

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner's announced on Tuesday the company's vision of driverless vehicles and that GM, parts suppliers, university engineers and other automakers are all working together on vehicles that could revolutionize and initiate the short- and long-distance travel.

GM's vice president for research and development Larry Burns in a recent interview said, "This is not science fiction."

But the turning point facing the vehicles could not be technical government regulations, liability laws, privacy concerns and people's passion for the vehicle and the control it gives them rather than human interference.

Almost all of the technology needed exists for the vehicles to take the wheel radar-based cruise control, motor sensors, lane change warnings, electronic stability control and satellite-based digital mapping.

Most especially, automated vehicles could lessen crashes and congestion and could improve life on the road.