From September of this year, robotic cars will be able to drive on general purpose roads in California.

The California State Department of Motor Vehicles has approved rules that will issue licenses for the use of unmanned vehicles on general purpose roads. The principal decision on the admission of robo cars on state roads was approved on September 25, 2012. New rules will come into force on September 16 of this year. As in other states, there should be a live driver behind the wheel of an autonomous car just in case. Insurance for companies wishing to obtain a license will cost $ 5 million.

California is an important milestone on the path to the widespread use of robotic cars - it is the most populous state of the United States, almost 40 million people live here - more than in the other three states, where robotic cars are also allowed. Here is the headquarters and laboratories of Google - the leading developer of unmanned vehicles. In California, the densest network of electric stations, and the idea arises to combine the two main trends of the modern automotive industry - electric cars and drones. Here lives a huge number of geeks who will happily buy such cars. It seems that in twenty years or even ten the state will change beyond recognition.

Nevada became the first state to admit robo cars to their roads - Google received the first license two years ago. Since then, Google’s cars have traveled a total of a million kilometers in total - without a single accident. Following Nevada, the drones licensed Florida and Michigan. The process of legalization of robotic cars also goes on in several EU countries. Every year, more than a million people die in the world due to accidents. The widespread use of autonomous cars can theoretically reduce this figure to almost zero, and at the same time reduce traffic jams and save fuel by optimizing the driving mode and coordinated movement of cars in traffic.
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