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	Driverless Car Encyclopedia Article @ WorldAutoSource.com (World Auto Source) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The idea is that privately-owned cars would be built with the ability to dock themselves onto a public monorail system, where they become part of a centrally managed, fully computerized transport system—more akin to a driverless train system (as already found in airports) than to a driverless car.
		As nearly all car crashes (particularly fatal ones) are caused by human driver error, driverless cars would effectively eliminate nearly all hazards associated with driving as well as driver fatalities and injuries (travelling by car is currently one of the most deadly forms of transportation, with over a million deaths annually worldwide).
		A driverless car would also be a boon to economic efficiency, as cars can be made lighter and more space efficient with the absence of safety technologies rendered redundant with computerized driving.
	www.worldautosource.com /encyclopedia/Driverless_car (4395 words)

	Cars - Driverless car
		The driverless car is an emerging family of technologies, ultimately aimed at a full "taxi-like" experience for car users.
		Driverless passenger programs include the FROG passenger vehicles from Holland, the ARGO research project from Italy, and the DARPA Grand Challenge from the USA.
		The social challenge is in getting average drivers to trust the car, getting legislators to permit the car onto the public roads, and untangling the legal issues of liability for any mishaps with no person in charge.
	listing-index.ebay.com /cars/Driverless_car.html (807 words)

	Volkswagen's driverless car - 4Car Feature - from Channel 4
		Although the global auto industry has been experimenting with the slow-moving driverless car for decades, it has been generally regarded as little more than an amusing gimmick that could never be widely used on public roads.
		However, VW's high-speed, fully-automatic, uncrashable (allegedly) race car is strictly for circuits - and even in its current early state of development it has been able to propel itself around tracks faster and more consistently than skilled drivers.
		Engineers have chosen a comparatively modest Volkswagen Group car - a 160mph, 200bhp Golf GTI - as their testbed model, but 200mph-plus Audis, Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Bugattis from the same VW family could be fitted with so called self-driving technology in future.
	www.channel4.com /4car/feature/feature.jsp?id=2934 (255 words)

	Pentagon awards $2mn for driverless car -- Middle East Times
		A driverless car that won a $2-million Pentagon prize in a landmark robotic race could change the face of human transportation forever, its developers said on Monday.
		The car, christened "Stanley", was one of five unmanned and self-controlled vehicles to cross the finish line in the 210.5-kilometer (131.6-mile) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge Course held in the Mojave Desert in the US state of Nevada at the weekend.
		When cars can drive themselves, people will be considerably safer and freed of the burden of driving, making them productive while they are in the car because they can do other things," he said.
	www.metimes.com /print.php?StoryID=20051011-034430-1341r (629 words)

	My Mother the Car
		When he got behind the wheel, the car talked to him though the car's radio - it informed him that it was the reincarnation of his mother.
		The car's body (finished in Metalflake carnation red with a white top) was made up from various vehicles including a Model T Ford, a Maxwell, a Hudson and pieces of a Chevrolet, including drive train.
		To make it appear that the car was driverless (when the ghost in the machine drove it) the rear floorboard was removed so that a second driver could be placed out of sight of the viewing audience.
	local.aaca.org /junior/starcars/mother.htm (364 words)

	Driverless car revs up for robo-desert race - Print this article - CNET.co.uk
		A car that drives itself has long been the stuff of science fiction.
		As Thrun, 38, talked about the car earlier this week, he was like a giddy schoolboy, particularly when he was hitching a ride with his robot car.
		There's a map that tells the car where to drive, a planning tool that points out unsafe terrain, and a controller that translates all that into action.
	www.cnet.co.uk /misc/print/0,39030763,39190857,00.htm (844 words)

	Beyond Tomorrow \| Driverless Car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We are fast approaching the day when cars steer themselves, and Hayden Turner has found one that almost does.
		The 2006 Honda Accord is the first car in the world to offer this advanced safety technology.
		It calculates how much steering pressure is needed to keep the car in the centre of the lane, and then the power-steering unit applies just that right amount.
	www.beyondtomorrow.com.au /stories/ep46/driverless.html (135 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Americas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Driverless cars are competing for a $2m prize - and the Pentagon is signing the cheque.
		The Pentagon has a direct interest in the development of robot cars and has set out to make 30 per cent of its ground vehicles driverless by 2015.
		Politicians and urban planners who tear out their hair about deaths and injuries on the roads are likely to take a vivid interest in technology that could lead to an accident-free environment, or something close to it.
	news.independent.co.uk /world/americas/article318320.ece (1044 words)

	The Driverless Car
		Parking sensors are now fitted to a great many production cars, while Active Cruise Control relies largely on radar to control the speed of a car in traffic on fast roads.
		"Developing cars that do things which are second nature to the average driver is a hugely complex process," he says.
		Buchanan is pleased with the results of the tests that have been carried out so far, but points out that driverless cars won't be on sale for some time yet.
	www.carkeys.co.uk /news/2005/april/19/5935.asp (246 words)

	FLY A542 Corvette C5 Zo6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Though this car represents a "stock" non-racing car, don't be deceived, the real car has the heart and soul of a race car, and the fact is, Corvettes are raced all around the world in autocross's, amateur road events, and street races.
		It might be that FLY does not have a non-racing attired driver to use, or it might be that this car is aimed at the collector, and maybe even the diecast collector who are not used to seeing a driver in the car.
		Keep in mind that these front motor cars are prone to popping the drive shaft bushings out of their sockets (which results in stripped crown gears), and when truing these cars I recommend not turning the car around opposite to the direction of travel when truing the tires.
	www.slotcarillustrated.com /Cars2/FLYC5.html (1460 words)

	Untitled Document
		The "driverless car" developed by researchers at the University of Arizona looks like a junker, but it's really a high-tech prototype vehicle that can essentially drive itself.
		The Arizona car also uses radar and video components developed at Carnegie-Mellon to locate objects ahead and stay within the lane, as well as an onboard computer to adjust the car's speed and steering.
		Until the driverless car is ready to hit the road, commuters will either be stuck in traffic or be forced the take clean, cheap and efficient public transportation.
	tucson.sie.arizona.edu /ATLAS/meidareport3.htm (711 words)

	Untitled Document
		The car steers along a mapped road, adjusting its speed to safely stay in-lane and at a safe distance from other vehicles.
		Using a car borrowed from ADOT and commonly available hardware, the VISTA team led by UA Systems and Industrial Engineering professors Pitu Mirchandani and Fei-Yue Wang, with the help of several students, installed various systems that allow the VISTA car to drive itself.
		While the VISTA car is far from completed, the vehicle performed well in a test in late April along an unopened stretch of State Route 51 in Phoenix, ADOT's Owen said.
	www.sie.arizona.edu /ATLAS/meidareport2.htm (939 words)

	Driverless car technology avoids obstacles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A Canadian-designed robotic car that does all the driving itself will be put through its paces at an international contest.
		Autonosys, a small company in Ottawa, designed the driverless car, which uses GPS technology to identify where the car is and laser radar to help it avoid obstacles.
		Driverless cars and highways are already being designed, but the biggest obstacle might be getting people to accept them, said Ata Khan, an environmental engineering professor at Ottawa's Carleton University.
	www.cbc.ca /health/story/2005/06/22/car-driverless050622.html (1224 words)

	Mike Linksvayer » Accelerating cars
		The article features several experts complaining “automakers are failing to improve fuel economy.” Average fuel efficiency of new cars has declined since 1987 (by about 5.4% according to the report).
		I’ve never owned a car, though my wife drives a 1998 Saturn SL, among the lowest cost cars of its vintage by several metrics (purchase, maintenance, fuel efficiency, safety, theft).
		If I had to buy a car today for some reason it would be a very used Volvo, though I’d prefer to stay out of the market until driverless cars are available, presumably well after 2010.
	gondwanaland.com /mlog/2005/08/06/accelerating-cars (724 words)

	Editorials: Tomorrow is Today
		On that cover was an illustration of a sleek car traveling driverless down the highway.
		The article stated that in the near future you would be able to get into your car, program the destination and sit in the back enjoying a piping hot cup of Joe.
		Even though we may not have our driverless cars yet, (although that would be the answer for a lot of sleepless nights for many of us), we may look back on this year as the one where technology started to play a significant role in the lives of caregivers around the world.
	www.caregiver.com /editorials/tomorrow_is_today.htm (271 words)

	DM: Driverless car crosses four lanes of traffic, hits gas station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Driverless car crosses four lanes of traffic, hits gas station
		The cost of damage to Prefontaine's vehicle could not be assessed at the time, but the jeep's rear, passenger-side quarter panel impacted the gas pump.
		You leave the car running because you'll be but a few minutes or you want to leave the air conditioning on.
	www.olemiss.edu /news/dm/archives/96/9609/960906/960906N2wreck.html (452 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Driverless car sees off rivals in robot race
		Driverless car sees off rivals in robot race
		A DRIVERLESS Volkswagen has won a $2 million robot race across the Nevada desert, beating the four other robot-guided vehicles that completed a Pentagon-sponsored contest aimed at making warfare safer for humans.
		"This car, to me, is really a piece of history," said Sebastian Thrun, a computer scientist on the team.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=2069432005 (424 words)

	A Driverless Car…er…Cart \| DarrenBarefoot.com
		Recently I was dreaming out-loud of the day when I can hop in my car, tell it where I want to go, and then take a nap en route.
		Unlike the automated cars currently ferrying passengers through airports and industrial areas in Amsterdam and Hamburg, the CyberCar can function without following embedded road tracers: it follows a preprogrammed route, and a laser sweep pegged to its front end allows it to avoid or stop in front of obstacles.
		The town of Antibes on the French Riviera and the nearby principality of Monaco are considering buying their own fleets to taxi visitors around their cramped streets.
	www.darrenbarefoot.com /archives/2004/12/a-driverless-carercart.html (268 words)

	INDIACAR.NET - Latest auto news - Udupi engineering students develop driverless car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mangalore:- TRAVELLING in a driverless car, which was possible only in movies till now, is possible in real life also, say final year engineering students of Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology (NMAMIT) at Nitte in Udupi district.
		Terming their project as unique, he said that the software analyses the image captured by the camera to control the car movement.
		Mr Bantwal said that their project is ideally suited for electric cars.
	www.indiacar.net /news/n6906.htm (242 words)

	Champ Car > News Tuesday, May 7, 2002
		“I've got one of the best cars just sitting here gathering dust because I can't find a sponsor,” said Walker, who released Sarah Fisher from her contract last month so she could pursue a ride.
		Walker, the first CART owner to campaign cars full-time in CART and the IRL, thought he might have deals with Greg Ray and Tora Takagi (his shoe in the FedEx Championship Series), but neither worked out.
		“The good news is that the car has been through tech and it's ready to race.
	www.champcarworldseries.com /News/Article.asp?ID=3262 (445 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Car at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although initially tempted to dismiss the reports of a driverless car as some sort of group hallucination, the dead bodies are more difficult for Wade to ignore.
		But it's not until the car threatens the lives of his girlfriend Lauren (Kathleen Lloyd) and his two daughters--during a tense parade rehearsal sequence--that Wade kicks into high gear.
		Even the appearance of the vehicle seems to recall Spielberg's great shark; in most shots, our glimpses of the killer behemoth are limited to malicious-looking headlights and a gaping front grill that seems to become a sneer as the sedan mows down each of its victims.
	www.epinions.com /content_45984878212 (847 words)

	Create A Driverless Car for the Pentagon and You Might End-up $2 mil Richer - DARPA sponsors the smart-cars’ challenge ...
		The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will sponsor a contest of self-driving vehicles in order to stimulate development of cars that could be used in the battlefield without a driver or a remote control.
		The challenge will take place next year, in November, when the vehicles will prove their ability to succeed in a six hours simulated military supply mission that will be held in an also simulated city with traffic jams, buildings and human beings.
		The car was created by Sebastian Thrun, a computer scientist from Stanford University.
	news.softpedia.com /news/Robo-cars-Used-on-Battlefields-22733.shtml (380 words)

	ROBOT CARS - autonomous vehicles - history of self-driving cars - best robot car
		Such hardware advances are the main reason for progress in robot control - software advances seem less crucial as the basic algorithms for pattern recognition and probabilistic reasoning have not changed fundamentally in the past decade, except for epsilon improvements here and there.
		Somewhat surprisingly, however, many representatives of leading car companies such as BMW and DaimlerChrysler (the company with the world's largest private research budget: $6.7 billion as of 2005) are not all too enthusiastic about self-driving vehicles.
		Because they feel that completely autonomous cars do not necessarily fit the self-image of their customer base.
	www.idsia.ch /~juergen/robotcars.html (462 words)

	Teen injured as stolen car prank goes too far (phillyBurbs.com) \| Intelligencer
		As they tried to get into the car and stop it, the boy who had been driving as they pretended to steal the vehicle had his legs run over.
		The other two got the vehicle stopped and were trying to use the car's jack to raise the vehicle and get the injured teenager out when police arrived around 5:15 p.m.
		The teenager was freed from the under vehicle with help from the officer and taken to St. Mary Medical Center, where he remained Thursday with broken ribs and cuts to his legs and face, according to Wurst.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/113-01232004-232570.html (374 words)

	Future Cars (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge was established ten years ago to help motivate students in science and engineering.
		On even-numbered years, we share the fun of the world-famous Texas Motor Speedway; on odd-numbered years, the teams drive cross-country to share their projects with millions of people.
		The 2006 Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge is a 4-day closed-track race at the Texas Motor Speedway.
	www.driveusa.net.cob-web.org:8888 /future_cars.htm (652 words)

	Stanford wins $2 million in robotic car race \| Tech News on ZDNet
		On Saturday, the Stanford Racing Team's robotic car, "Stanley," drove autonomously across 131.6 miles in the Mojave Desert in six hours and 53 minutes, finishing about 11 minutes faster than Carnegie Mellon's "Sandstorm." Its average speed was 19.1 mph, versus Sandstorm's 18.6 mph.
		And it approved research funds to be used for the Grand Challenge, which called on academia and private industry to build driverless cars with advanced technologies.
		The car is a modified Ford Escape hybrid with solar panels on top, which served as alternate power for the car.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9584_22-5892115.html (1324 words)

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