<story><title>Volvo’s first self-driving cars now being tested live on public roads in Sweden</title><url>http://www.kurzweilai.net/volvos-first-self-driving-cars-now-being-tested-live-on-public-roads-in-swedish-city</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>augustl</author><text>I own a 2013 XC60 and as a programmer, I&amp;#x27;m amazed at how well their current automation works in practice. The car reads road signs to show me the current speed limit in the dash (actual OCR, not a GPS database). It works amazingly well, except when it&amp;#x27;s very dark in the winter. Adaptive cruise control flawlessly follows cars based on radar, even in somewhat dramatic full stops, e.g. when there&amp;#x27;s suddenly heavy traffic ahead. I always have my foot on the break pedal just in case, but I&amp;#x27;m yet to have to intervene.</text></comment>
<story><title>Volvo’s first self-driving cars now being tested live on public roads in Sweden</title><url>http://www.kurzweilai.net/volvos-first-self-driving-cars-now-being-tested-live-on-public-roads-in-swedish-city</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jareds</author><text>I wonder what the first country that will allow completely automated cars with no human driver is? As a blind person I wonder if that would be enough to have me consider migrating from the U.S. depending on the country.</text></comment>