Driverless cars: how long until we can sit back and relax? - Telegraph.co.uk
Rather than focusing on driverless cars, Toyota has turned its attention to improving the safety of human-controlled cars. Toyota’s Automated Highway Driving Assist system uses a range of integrated technologies to keep the vehicle in the right lane, and a safe distance from others in the road. Clearly this is good news: autonomous cars promise to reduce fuel consumption, improve safety and free us from the dreary task of city driving. They could drive closer and faster, safely, cutting down on congestion without the need to dig up more green space for new roads. We’re accustomed to seeing Google’s impressive driverless prototypes methodically plodding through traffic in the bright Californian sun, but how far are we from being able to walk into a dealership and buy one which can negotiate south London’s... Nissan says it will launch driverless models by 2020, and Tesla boss Elon Musk says that by next year his cars will be “90 per cent” capable of autonomous driving. Laws need to be drafted (Who's at fault if your car runs someone over. Driverless cars will, at first, probably cost more to insure as they're an unknown risk. The truth is that fully autonomous cars may be some. Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
