Because it's pre-production testing on public roads among unknowing drivers. It's not simulated at all, and it needs to be done safely.

I don't agree. You're assuming that the DMV takes a dim view of disengagements and will somehow penalize the companies based on sheer numbers. Despite the rhetoric - no. If you and I and the rest of the reading public have figured out that not all disengagements are bad, then they probably have, too. I think they…

I understand. There's just a lot of very impatient drivers out there. Especially this morning. Maybe b/c it's friday?...

Who is tying their hands? Nobody said a thing about restricting tests or methodology. The state wants certain data reported if they're going to test automated vehicles on public roads amongst unknowing citizenry - that's all.

I'll bet you that gets them into more road-rage incidents. If an automated car had paused at a green light in my traffic this morning there's no telling what would have happened.

"Used CRX" and "$10,000.00" don't belong in the same sentence, ever.

"But as Quartz points out, there are still 46 other states that haven't passed autonomous vehicle testing rules, and Google, automakers, and suppliers could pack up and test elsewhere if the laws of one state don't match up with their own desires."

Funny, that's how mine usually end.

And we don't even have to mention what rally drivers have to go through physically, do we? The little prancing ponies in F1 are hardly the fittest stallions in the stable, my friend.

So f'ing what? They do it in LMP, too. Just as fast (or almost) as well - for much longer periods, with fewer pits. There's nothing special about open wheel drivers over closed.

They'd go absolutely apeshit if Jalopnik threw up naked disney princess pussies. This is the internet. Everyone is a hypocrite.

Bitch, much?

Test the navigation system? If you're going to make up horseshit, at least make up good horseshit.

Geez, it still has another 500 miles of breaking-in. No thanks.

Wait, how long did they make these for? Can you pick them up cheap these days?

Since I don't understand italian....was he opening the door to escape, or just to puke?

Too close to call....OK-but-not-quite-nice-price, maybe? Hash-instead-of-crack-pipe? I want a little more to break $5k, or for the interior/body to be cherry. This is soooo close but not quite. I can see where guys that can do things like engine swaps fairly easily might want this car more than someone like me,…

My 2002 9-5 wagon says 'no.'

Well, I've been dredging all the gawker sites for two days now looking for shock porn and haven't found any, so it would seem that you guys and gals are doing a pretty good job.

This is the normal progression as threats and weaknesses are identified. The guys up front come up with their own protection until the engineers back home catch up. Our guys did it in Iraq: