Mercedes targets evolution rather than revolution in self-driving car push
(Reuters) — As Tesla touts the cutting-edge nature of its new Full Self Driving software, rival Mercedes-Benz says it has developed a similar system but stops short of allowing members of the public to take it on urban roads. The German pioneers in developing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are taking a step-by-step approach to releasing new technology, waiting for their own engineers, rather than the general public, to validate their system. Both approaches — one conservative and one radical in nature — are designed to push highly automated driving onto public roads, a step that could massively reduce accidents since computers have faster accident-avoidance reflexes than humans.