General Motors collects data for self-driving technology in Fort Myers Would you let a computer drive your car for you? In Fort Myers, people are split on the idea of self-driving cars. "If I can just sit in the backseat and just kind of tell it to go home, I'm down with that,” Joshua Bogumil said. "You do whatever you want, instead of just being a slave to staring at the tailpipe of the car in front of you." Clarice Kentwood is less confident. "I think we need people to make decisions,” she said. “I think it would make me nervous the whole time.” Ready or not, they're here. Waymo – a driverless taxi – is already rolling through Miami and Orlando. In the Fort Myers area, people are noticing specialized GM vehicles on the roads. "You might see them often, because they're driving on the highways every day,” Ryan Falor said. Falor is the Director of AV Data at General Motors. Right now, the company has test drivers in specialized vehicles on major roadways in Fort Myers, like I-75 and State Road 82, among others. The vehicles are decked out with cameras, radar, and lidar, and are collecting data for the future of GM's autonomous vehicles. While Waymo is a taxi service, GM is working on cars people can eventually own. “We're focusing on enabling people to get time back as part of their driving experience,” Falor said. “And to get value from their car that they otherwise wouldn't have gotten." GM already has what’s called Super Cruise, which can control speed, the wheel and even change lanes on certain roads. What they're working toward now is an 'eyes-off' driving system. "Where really, you can start to take your eyes off the road,” Falor said. “Not only will the