[eye30]

Take me home Mr Car: RAY MASSEY tests Volvo's new self-driving V90 estate and S90 saloon



If you think self-driving cars are a thing of the future, think again.

They're on the road already. And I've just driven — or been driven by — two of them over hundreds of miles on UK roads and motorways.

Safety pioneer Volvo's new V90 estate and S90 saloon are fitted as standard with a remarkable new 'pilot assist' feature, which takes over the car's steering, braking and acceleration at speeds of up to 80 mph — or 10 mph higher than the UK maximum motorway speed limit.


It says its system uses radar and a camera to control the steering (up to 80mph) and keep the car within lane markings. 



http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-3782146/Take-home-Mr-Car-RAY-MASSEY-tests-Volvo-s-new-self-driving-V90-estate-S90-saloon.html

[Dazzler]

Jeepers! That didn't take long! I think Tesla has something close to that too.. 

[John B]

Hope they have better GPS than I have got,  if not who knows where you will be when you wake up. 

[The Gonz]

The biggest danger in the use of self driving cars is that they still have to share the roads with conventional ones. Were it feasible, a total cut-over would have been simpler and safer.

[rustynutz]

Being a motorcyclist I have never ever trusted Volvo drivers... 

And now there's even more reason not to trust them... 

[FatBoy]

Being a motorcyclist I have never ever trusted Volvo drivers... 

And now there's even more reason not to trust them... 

Percentage wise, there will be less of them now.