Google cars only go to Wikipedia
THEÂ new self-driving cars pioneered by Google just go straight to Wikipedia, according to testers. The cars, which are capable of driving themselves without human intervention, are brilliant at going straight from Googleâs base in Mountain View, California to Wikipediaâs base in San Francisco but terrible at going anywhere else. Tester Susan Traherne said: âAsk them what the Boxer Rebellion was, which is the most powerful PokÃ©mon or who invented the Spinning Jenny, and theyâre straight to the crowdsourced answer. âAnything harder, like why love fades or the best way to fold shirts, and they panic and spin around in circles until you click Iâm Feeling Lucky. âWhich generally takes you to YouTube.â The cars, which have smiling faces and therefore probably wonât run you over deliberately, can theoretically go anywhere but in practice stick to the same few locations on Americaâs West coast. A Google spokesman said: âFrom IMDB in Seattle to Facebook in Menlo ParkÂ to eBay in San Jose, these little cars can take you anywhere that matters while you take a nap in the back. âItâs true that they donât really like to leave California, but who does? âAnd their ability to navigate the San Fernando valley, coincidentally where 90 per cent of the worldâs pornography is produced, is second to none. âJust make sure you donât Google Google, becauseâs thereâs a minor design flaw that causes the cars to vibrate until they implode.â