Google readies self-driving cars for public roads

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As part of its self-driving car project, Google has announced plans to move prototype autonomous vehicles from its test center to city streets.

Revealed on Friday, the Mountain View, CA.-based firm said it is ready to take the next step in readying its autonomous cars for city driving. In summer, Google plans to send a few of their prototypes from test tracks to nearby road systems with safety drivers aboard.

Google's self-driving cars have been in development for several years. The new prototypes are based on Google's original fleet of self-driving Lexus RX450h SUVs, which have logged nearly a million miles during testing and have recently begun driving themselves for roughly 10,000 miles each week.

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Something I'm curious about, if one of those cars hits something while driving itself, whose fault is it? I guess that'll be something the insurance companies will have to work out.....