Part of Google’s “hearts and minds” strategy involves dialing down the driving in the self-driving car’s behavior and restraining its top speed to 25 miles per hour.
Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, recounted his driving experience with a prototype of Google’s self-driving car:
“The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous.
It struck me as cautious. It drove slowly and deliberately,
and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them.”