Driverless Cars: Now Street-Legal in California

Take it from a California resident: you see a lot of crazy things in this state. And it's about to get a lot crazier, thanks to Jerry Brown and Google.

Governor Brown came to the Googleplex in Mountain View Tuesday afternoon to sign SB 1298, a bill that "creates a legal framework and safety standards for autonomous vehicles on state roads and highways."

To put that more plainly, Google -- one of the largest and most innovative companies in the state, and now the fifth largest in the US -- used its considerable wealth and charm to nudge the state legislature in Sacramento into letting it test its fleet of driverless cars without too much hassle.

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