Self-driving cars approved in U.S.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Nevada's Legislative Commission approved regulations allowing for the operation of self-driving vehicles on the U.S. state's roadways. This brings closer the day when roads will be full of driverless cars, I Programmer reported.

Nevada passed a bill in June 2011 requiring its Department of Motor Vehicles to draft rules for autonomous vehicles and this process has now been finalized, making Nevada the first U.S. state where having a robot driver is completely legal.

To comply with new rules autonomous test vehicles will display a red license plate and when the technology is approved for public use, the cars will carry a green license plate making them distinct from Nevada's standard license plates which are are bluish-gray.