Driverless Cars Tested

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An emergency stop button is on board and, if conditions confuse the system, the car will simply come to a halt.

Not always the best reaction.

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Commuters could be driven to work in vehicles with office equipment or face-to-face seating for meetings. Designated drivers would be redundant and party cars could ferry groups to football matches stocked with beer, snacks and big-screen televisions. Driverless cars could take your kids to soccer practice, take blind or disabled people anywhere, pick up groceries or fetch the dog from its groomer.
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New York hosted the world’s first driverless car demo — in 1925, when a radio-controlled car drove up Broadway and down Fifth Avenue in heavy traffic.

http://nypost.com/2014/06/21/how-google-might-put-taxi-drivers-out-of-business/

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