Self-Driving Cars Have a Problem: Safer Human-Driven Ones

To get so-called Level 3 autonomous driving—where humans must be in the driver seat but can take their hands off the wheel—self-driving systems “have to exceed the human level of skill at driving,” says Danny Shapiro, senior director of automotive at Nvidia Corp. which offers self-driving automation tech to partners including Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Cars are also beginning to incorporate technology developed for fully self-driving cars, such as ultra-detailed, centimeter-accurate maps of much of the U.S. highway system. Photo:

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Waymo CEO John Krafcik told an audience at The Wall Street Journal’s annual tech conference in November that self-driving is “really, really hard” and that such vehicles won’t be ubiquitous for decades.

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