Somewhere in the Googleplex , Google has a digital simulation of the intact Californian road arrangement to test its self - driving cars . This , says Google , allows it to perform “ decades worth of testing ” in just hours .
Indeed , Google has such self-confidence in its system that is now lobbying the California ’s authorities to license these ego - driving fomite free-base solely on these virtual test rather than genuine driving . Rob Medford , Google ’s safety director for the ego - push car has written a letter in other 2014 to California state officials , whichThe Guardianhas obtained . Medford writes : “ computing machine simulations are actually more worthful , as they countenance maker to test their software under far more consideration and stresses than could possibly be achieved on a run track . ”
That ’s all ok , but the DMV still is n’t biting . Not only does it still desire Google to still screen its cars in physical weather condition , it has also putnew rulesin placerequiringGoogle to put in backup steering wheel and pedal organisation in the cars . Just in fount .
The Guardian reports that the Google machine have so far virtually driven more than 4 million miles inside the Matrix - like simulation , facing real - world challenges like lane - weaving motorist , wobbly cyclists and unpredictable walker . Meanwhile , in real life Google ’s cars were last said to have labor around 700,000 mi over a route system that ’s reportedly just 2,000 mile long . [ The GuardianviaThe Verge ]
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