Being a driverless car passenger proves ‘unsettling and extraordinary’
by James Tapper from on (#3K1TW)
The latest UK entry in the race to revolutionise roads goes for a spin despite the first such vehicle death in the US last week
How many people does it take to drive a driverless car? Five: a safety driver behind the wheel, an operator to program the route, and three engineers monitoring it in another car behind.
It is, to be fair, barely even a prototype. The autonomous car unveiled in Milton Keynes last week is bleeding-edge engineering, Britain's entry in a global race to get the first driverless car on the road.
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