If you've been in San Francisco recently, you might have noticed something different about

some of the cars on the roads.

What is up guys?

That car behind me is about to drive itself 100%.

They were like, hey, these cars don't have drivers, so just get in it.

All right, here it is.

Our first driverless cruise ride, what we live, what we die.

All right, it's waiting on this car here.

Now it's clear and it's going, oh my gosh.

Suddenly, cars without human drivers seem to be everywhere in San Francisco,

taking riders all over the city.

And the two companies behind these driverless taxis have been making big moves

in California and beyond.

So we're starting to see these companies really announce plans to test in more and more cities

and more and more states all across the country.

But at the same time, opponents of self-driving cars would argue that, you know, maybe we're

not quite at the point where we should be rolling these out to the masses yet.

Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power.

I'm Jessica Mendoza, it's Monday, August 28th.

Coming up on the show, self-driving cars might be coming to a city near you.

Are you ready for them?

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