With numbers of major auto maker (BMW, Volvo, Audi, General Motors and even Google) that are currently testing driverless cars, public may start thinking (or dreaming) of “when can I get driverless car?” Most of the auto makers say “2018!” They plan to make the vehicles available for mass production by 2018.

Here is Google’s driverless car (uploaded by the AssociatePress):

Irrespective to the tech aspect, there is a huge hurdle blocking the plan: the state legislation. A report (in an infographic), published at a law office website, Daniel R. Rosen, reads that Nevada passed Assembly Bill No. 511 , in June 2011. “The first state law officially sanctioning driverless cars”. Similar law have also been introduced in Florida and Hawaii, the infographic reads.

Source: Law Offices of Daniel R. Rosen.

So, when can you expect to buy a driverless car?