PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Like something out of a science-fiction flick, the computerized Cadillac SRX drove itself along Western Pennsylvania roads and interstates on Wednesday, delivering its human passengers safely to Pittsburgh International Airport…
The driverless car uses three types of sensors to navigate the roads — lasers, radar and cameras — and can detect surrounding traffic, the edge of roads and traffic lights and stop signs. Destination information is entered into a GPS device. The speed limits are based on the routes involved…
Reporters took trips a few miles around the airport while Snider sat in the driver’s seat, although he did not touch the wheel or the pedals. The car stopped at a stop sign, activated a turn signal, turned left after waiting for traffic, merged into highway traffic and accelerated past 60 mph, exited the road and pulled back into Pittsburgh International beside the terminal… (more)
