text: We have been striving to invent automated cars for awhile now. In the 1950's, General Motors had taken a crack at automated cars. The projetwas scraped becaus ethe modifications to the roads were too expensive. In the 1980's, cars had spped sensors installed for the antilock brakes. So really, i has been a progression of innovation to get to where we are. But smart cars have always been known to have some sort of flaw.