Self-driving cars aren't ready for the roads

Self-driving cars are more likely to hinder than help public safety because of unsolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates have warned. Even a trade association for car makers cautioned that a slower, more deliberative approach may be needed than the current plan to provide its guidance for deploying the vehicles in just six months. The decision to produce the guidance was announced in January and officials have promised to complete it by July. Self-driving cars (Google's pictured) are more likely to hinder than help public safety because of unsolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates have warned. There are risks to deviating from the government's traditional process of issuing regulations and standards, Paul Scullion, safety manager at the Association of Global Automakers, said at a public meeting on self-driving cars hosted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).