In a recent United States Patent and Trade Mark Filing, GM submitted a design for an autonomous vehicle system designed to measure and train new drivers. This interesting use of autonomous driving tech will be used to judge new drivers and coach them as they learn the basics of driving on public roads. This unique use of autonomous driving technology to train drivers rather than replace them is a new take on the use of this exciting new tech…

Although the extensive use of different kinds of sensors has produced smarter vehicles, GM even admits in the patent filing that there may be moments when a human may have to take over and drive without autonomous assistance. GM calls out times when a human may want to drive for personal satisfaction along with instances when the autonomous vehicle is in an environment that it cannot navigate.