Source: KSAT 12

No longer just a concept from the Judson television show, self-driving cars are here, and the technology behind them continues to improve. Now the city of San Antonio is offering Texas A&M University researchers a big stretch of road to try it out.

City leaders for San Antonio have applied to be a testing ground for connected and autonomous cars. San Antonio and other Lone Star State cities – Dallas, Houston, El Paso and Austin – are in a partnership with research institutes to further cars that drive, or practically drive, themselves. While testing on controlled tracks is helpful, researchers say real streets provide the unexpected, like work crews and potholes.