Other car makers, including Volvo, Ford and Mercedes, are working on driver-assisted vehicles, which, unlike Google’s version, do not dispense with the driver controls. But Chris Urmson, director of the self-driving car project at Google, said that the new prototypes dispensed with the steering wheel and brakes because a human passenger might not be able to take over in an emergency, and 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