What is the DARPA Urban Challenge?
What is the DARPA Urban Challenge? Let’s face it: People are bad drivers. We zoom around, talking (or texting) on our cell phones, yelling at the kids in the back, fiddling with the radio and generally thinking about anything but the road. In fact, one study by the Federal Highway Administration estimates that 93 percent of car accidents are a direct result of driver error [source: FHWA]. Because people are such bad drivers, we know car safety is important. That’s why car companies develop things like traction control, anti-roll systems and airbags in concert with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and the insurance industry. It’s also why they work w
