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Old 06-02-2019, 13:42   #19
RichardCoulter
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Re: Charge your cars on VMs Network

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Originally Posted by Pierre View Post
Driverless cars wont happen until the question of liability is sorted out.

If there’s an accident who’s liable? The occupant? The car manufacturer? The software Developer, etc,etc

Even Semi-autonomous i.e. cars that follow lanes on a motorway and monitor distances between vehicles, still need a vigilant occupant.

I can imagine anytime soon the dream of drinking a coffee and reading the paper whilst your car driives you to work.
Fully driverless cars are expected to be on the roads by the end of the year!

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d...year-859nq63wh

Flying cars aren't in use yet, I remember being told at school that these were touted as being the norm by the millennium, but it looks like these won't be available until next year at the earliest:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/britis...could-11568149
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