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My name is Christopher Wilson and I am a PhD student at Loughborough University. My research area is investigating the future journey experience with the advent of self-driving cars. Self-driving cars can provide many benefits to all people, including improving road safety and increase in...

I must admit I was impressed watching this. Sure I accept that it is a relatively controlled environment. But still, I wouldn’t mind taken to work like that in the mornings :) Watch a self-driving car handle hairpin turns like a race car — The Verge

Drink-drive rule change 'for future cars'

Just stumbled across this: Home Autonomous electric skates that go underground...... Is he having a laugh, or serious - who can tell! Elon Musk and the hyperbolic hyperloop 'announcement' - BBC News

A collision avoidance system is an automobile safety system designed to reduce the severity of a collision. It is also known as a precrash system, forward collision warning system, or collision mitigating system. It uses radar (all-weather) and sometimes laser (LIDAR) and camera (employing image...

Lane keeping assist is a feature that, in addition to the lane departure warning system automatically take steps to ensure the vehicle stays in its lane. Some vehicles combine adaptive cruise control with lane keeping systems to provide additional safety. While the combination of these features...

Electronic stability control (ESC), also referred to as electronic stability program (ESP) or dynamic stability control (DSC), is a computerized technology that improves a vehicle's stability by detecting and reducing loss of traction (skidding). When ESC detects loss of steering control, it...

Automatic parking is an autonomous car-maneuvering system that moves a vehicle from a traffic lane into a parking spot to perform parallel, perpendicular or angle parking. Automatic parking - Wikipedia

Autonomous cruise control (ACC; also called adaptive cruise control, radar cruise control, traffic-aware cruise control or dynamic radar cruise control) is an optional cruise control system for road vehicles that automatically adjusts the vehicle speed to maintain a safe distance from vehicles...

Why is there an autonomous car forum at AVForums?! Because AVForums' visitors generally Are interested in technology Are interested in cars Are interested in technology in cars Are early adopters Tend to be slighly maturer so Have families so think about NCAP ratings and safety features Have...

Police are investigating because autonomous vehicles are not yet allowed on China's public roads. Continue reading...

Just a heads-up that on BBC 2 at 9pm - Horizon: Dawn of the Driverless Car The car has shrunk the world, increased personal freedom and in so many ways expanded our horizons, but there is a flipside. Fumes from car exhausts have helped to destroy our environment, poisoned the air we breathe and...

Ocoado's driverless pod is designed to deliver goods but is not big enough for the weekly shop. Continue reading...

The way the marsupials move makes it hard for the computers to work out how to respond, Volvo says. Continue reading...

Tim Cook says he views Apple's project as being a "core technology". Continue reading...

The Google firm will concentrate on putting its tech in existing vehicles. Continue reading...

2015 UK road casualties: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/533293/rrcgb-main-results-2015.pdf There were 1,732 reported road deaths in 2015. The number of people seriously injured in reported road traffic accidents waas 22,137 in 2015. There was a total of...