Tampa approved for driverless car testing  7:31 AM, Feb 9, 2014
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Video Stories More Grayson Kamm Stories  Tampa, Florida -- Cars
that will change the world could be cruising through your
neighborhood soon -- and there will be no one holding the
steering wheel.  Tampa Bay is about to become a leader in
America for cars that keep you from crashing and make your life
better.  The Selmon Expressway just got a big approval from the
federal government. It's now one of only ten roads in America
set up to test "connected cars," leading to totally driverless
cars.  The Selmon's elevated express lanes to Brandon are a car
designer's dream. During traffic downtimes, engineers can block
off all of the entrances and have the whole highway as a ten-
mile-long laboratory.  The expressway authority that runs the
Selmon will team up with a USF group, the Center for Urban
Transportation Research, to find companies that want to come
here to test their technology.  The