For the first time, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles knows how many self-driving cars are traveling public roads.<\/p>\n
The agency is issuing permits Tuesday that let three companies test 29 vehicles on highways and in neighborhoods – with a human “safety driver” behind the wheel, in case the onboard computers make a bad decision.<\/p>\n
With 25 vehicles, Google’s souped-up Lexus SUVs are the biggest fleet. Mercedes and VW have two vehicles each.<\/p>\n
Self-driving cars already have gone hundreds of thousands of miles in California.<\/p>\n
They did because there was no law saying they couldn’t.<\/p>\n
The Legislature eventually decided to regulate the emerging technology, which navigates using sophisticated sensors and detailed maps.<\/p>\n
Over the past year, the DMV wrote testing rules that require driver training and the reporting of incidents.<\/p>\n
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