Decision of the United States Supreme Court batting segregation in public transportation. My street mate on that Greyhound Bus you must understand in 1961 black people and white people could be seated together. When you get out of washington to travel to virginia to North Carolina, alabama, mississippi, wewere on our way to new orleans. So we didnt have any problems for the most part until we got to rockville. And a little place in charlotte North Carolina, it was a sizable city, a young africanamerican man attempted to get a shoeshine in a socalled white barbershop that was in a socalled white waiting room. He was arrested and taken to jail. The next day the jury dismissed the charges against him but my seatmate and two of us arrived at the Greyhound Bus station in South Carolina and a group of white men met us in the doorway and started beating us and left us lying in a pool of blood and the local officials came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges andwe said no ,
New cars that will have you in the drivers seat, but you wont be doing any of the braking or accelerating, because you cant. Thats because these cars dont have Steering Wheels or pedals. Phil lebeau has this weeks cover story, turning point. This is the future, according to general motors, a selfdriving car without a Steering Wheel and pedals, driving around cities, giving people rides in robo taxis. Obviously, there will be an adoption curve and it will take some time for people to get used to the idea, but everything were doing is all about safety in the approach, and we want people to feel comfortable with the technology right from the outset. Gm is asking the federal government to wave vehicle rules that have been in place for decades so it can put selfdriving cars on the road without Steering Wheels and other controls. Its a radical departure. Going back to the days of henry ford, Steering Wheels and gas pedals have been at the heart of every car and truck, but gm and other automa
Sooner than you think. New cars that will have you in the drivers seat, but you wont be doing any of the braking or accelerating, because you cant. Thats because these cars dont have Steering Wheels or pedals. Phil lebeau has this weeks cover story, turning point. This is the future, according to general motors, a selfdriving car without a Steering Wheel and pedals, driving around cities, giving people rides in robo taxis. Obviously, there will be an adoption curve and it will take some time for people to get used to the idea, but everything were doing is all about safety in the approach, and we want people to feel comfortable with the technology right from the outset. Gm is asking the federal government to wave vehicle rules that have been in place for decades so it can put selfdriving cars on the road without Steering Wheels and other controls. Its a radical departure. Going back to the days of henry ford, Steering Wheels and gas pedals have been at the heart of every car and truck,
This is on the money. Your money, your life, your future we begin with a peek into the future its arriving sooner than you think. New cars that will have you in the drivers seat. You wont be doing any of the braking or accelerating because you cant. Thats because these cars dont have Steering Wheels or pedals we have the cover story turning point. Reporter this is the future according to general motors. A selfdriving car without a Steering Wheel and pedals. Driving around cities. There will be an adoption curve. There will be time for people to get used to the idea everything were doing is all about safety we want people to feel comfortable with the technology from the outset. Reporter gm is asking the federal government the waive vehicle rules that have been in place for decades. So it can put selfdriving cars on the roads without Steering Wheels and other controls. Back to the days of henry ford, Steering Wheels and gas pedals have been at the heart of every car and truck. Gm and oth
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