A Simple Way to Hasten the Arrival of Self-Driving Cars

A new public data set for self-driving cars shows that even a straightforward city commute may push automated driving to the limit. It also highlights how sharing data could help self-driving cars hit the roads far sooner. Researchers from Oxford University released the detailed data set, which highlights some of the most challenging issues that self-driving cars will face. The data consists of thousands of hours of data from the same 10-kilometer stretch of road over the course of a year. And it shows how weather, lighting, and even the features of roads themselves can vary wildly in a relatively short period of time.