It's Legal in California

The CBC is reporting that yesterday (Sept 25, 2012) California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that allows the testing and driving of automated cars on California roads.

Google Cars Get Ready for Prime Time?

Last week a report on TechCrunch, and a post on the Google Blog indicates that Google now believes that their automated cars are safe enough for a single person to be in the car while the car drives the person to and from work and, it is implied, other tasks.