Nevada governor Brian Sandoval goes for a spin in a self-driving car.

Nevada is the first name you think of when you think of gambling.  Nevada is the home of Las Vegas, the world’s gambling mecca, and as such, it’s the state most associated with risk-taking and putting everything on the flip of a stack of cards.  Unsurprisingly, Nevada’s gambling goes past casino games and covers pretty much anything.  In this case, Nevada has become the first state willing to take a chance on self-driving cars.

Remember that self-driving car Google has been testing?  Well, there are now officially eight of them on the road:  six Priuses, an Audi TT, and a Lexus RX450h.  Nevada governor Brian Sandoval gave his approval yesterday for the test run of driverless cars, though he has hedged his bets by mandating two people in the car during tests, one behind the driver’s seat and one in the passenger’s seat.  The human driver can take over for the car’s sophisticated self-driving system of GPS and sensors by tapping the brakes and turning the wheel.  Still, the cars are now on the road, and you’ll notice them by their red license plates featuring the infinity symbol on the left side of the plate.

“I feel using the infinity symbol was the best way to represent the ‘car of the future,'” said DMV director Bruce Breslow.

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