Other car makers, including Volvo, Ford and Mercedes, are going to make vehicles that will be different from Google’s version because they will have driver controls. But Chris Urmson, director of the driverless car project at Google, said that the new prototypes do not have a steering wheel or brakes because a human passenger might not be able to take control in an emergency. He said that it was simpler just to have an emergency stop button.
Why did Google remove the steering wheel from their driverless car prototypes?
People may not be able to assume control during an emergency In a crisis, drivers can just use the brakes They wanted to be different from other companies To make driving more pleasant