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Nevada is now ready for driverless cars. According to their Legislative Commission, they've approved testing of autonomous vehicles on their roadways. It will be identifiable by a red license plate.

Google is going to do just that. Their system, can be installed on any make of vehicle, and the company has already been working on theirs for a while already and even received a patent late last year.

“Self-driving cars have the potential to significantly increase driving safety,” a Google spokesperson told Mashable. “We applaud Nevada for building a thoughtful framework to enable safe, ongoing testing of the technology and to anticipate the needs and best interests of Nevada citizens who may own vehicles with self-driving capabilities one day.”

The cars are driverless but it still needs two operators inside it. Once the vehicles are shown to be safely operated with just one driver, the cars will receive green license plates. According to Tom Jacobs, Chief Public Information officer at the Nevada DMW, its driverless system is "like cruise control on steroids">

Jacobs said he rode in one of the driverless cars. When a road was not mapped ahead, the car may give control to the driver after a female voice says "Please Drive". If the driver doesn't take control, the car pulls over.

“There will never be any crashes,” Jacobs said.

Imagine a day where there will never be any car crashes anymore. Google is also testing its driverless cars in "quasi legal" California where there's no written rule specifically allowing or forbidding driverless cars. Google says of it:

“We have received several opinions from outside counsels who are experts in transportation law. All indicated that the testing in California is 100% legal as the safety driver is in control of the car at all times and is responsible for the operation of the vehicle. The testing involves having two people in the car at all times.”

“Nevada is the first state to embrace what is surely the future of automobiles,” Department of Motor Vehicles Director Bruce Breslow said in a statement posted on the state’s DMV website on Feb. 15. “These regulations establish requirements companies must meet to test their vehicles on Nevada’s public roadways as well as requirements for residents to legally operate them in the future.”

How would you like to get your car to drive you instead? It sounds nice for sure.