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Ready or Not, Driverless Cars Are Here The Daily

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After a closely watched vote, driverless cars, once a Silicon Valley fantasy, have become a 24-hour-a-day reality in San Francisco. Are autonomous vehicles an interesting and safe transportation alternative? Or are they a nuisance and a traffic-blocking disaster waiting to happen?

Cade Metz, who covers technology for The Times, describes the unique challenges of coexisting with cars that drive themselves.

Guest: Cade Metz, a technology correspondent for The New York Times.

After a closely watched vote, driverless cars, once a Silicon Valley fantasy, have become a 24-hour-a-day reality in San Francisco. Are autonomous vehicles an interesting and safe transportation alternative? Or are they a nuisance and a traffic-blocking disaster waiting to happen?

Cade Metz, who covers technology for The Times, describes the unique challenges of coexisting with cars that drive themselves.

Guest: Cade Metz, a technology correspondent for The New York Times.

33 min

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