Self-Driving Cars and the Highways Industry

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Autonomous cars are coming to a road near you. Self-driving cars and trucks are now a reality, moving from the test-track on to our roads. Volvo, Mercedes, BMW, Tesla and other car manufacturers are investing heavily in the new technology and are integrating self-driving features that give vehicles the ability to drive themselves. The basic definition of a self-driving car is one that has features which allow automated acceleration, braking, and steering of the vehicle’s course with minimal or no driver interaction. It is estimated over 10 million self-driving cars will be on the roads by 2020. Self-driving cars will save lives with radar, multiple cameras and lasers for their eyes it is envisioned that these highway robot’s will help to make our roads much safer. Globally car crashes kill an estimated 1.3 million people every year, that’s more than 3,000 people every single day. KPMG estimates that self-driving cars could reduce this to just 500 deaths by 2030.