Automated-highway research meets the road

摘要

San Diego—"The driver will purposely veer off the road to demonstrate the lane-departure warning"—not exactly words of comfort when you're barrelling down the highway in a bus that's driving itself. Regardless of whether you think automated highways and vehicles are a good idea, it was clear this summer that the technology exists today. At the National AHS (Automated Highway System) Consortium's Demo '97, car companies, technology firms, research facilities, and government teamed up to deliver six scenarios of what driving might be like in 20 years.