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An unmanned automobile competes in the i-VISTA (Intelligent Vehicle Integrated Systems Test Area) Autonomous Driving Challenge in Chongqing, China. Getty
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The W Motors self-driving vehicle prototype, on display at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
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The 10-seater smart driverless car tested by the Roads and Transport Authority, in Business Bay, Dubai. Courtesy RTA.
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Google’s self-driving car at the Google X labs in Mountain View, California. Getty
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The interior of a Tesla Model S in autopilot mode. Alexandria Sage / Reuters
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An Uber self-driving car travels down a street in San Francisco, California. AFP / Getty Images
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A Tesla Model S car with driverless technology. Bloomberg
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The Navya shuttle has launched at Masdar City - a driverless bus to ferry residents and workers between town and the car park. Reem Mohammed / The National
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An autonomous car drives past during a press presentation in the north-western French city of Sotteville-lès-Rouen, near Rouen. AFP
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An Uber driverless car in San Francisco. The firm has ramped up spending on the technology. AP
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Volkswagen's boxy Sedric concept is a likely face of driverless transport in the near term. EPA
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A driverless car seen during testing in Singapore. AFP
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An unmanned automobile competes in the i-VISTA (Intelligent Vehicle Integrated Systems Test Area) Autonomous Driving Challenge in Chongqing, China. Getty
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The W Motors self-driving vehicle prototype, on display at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
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The 10-seater smart driverless car tested by the Roads and Transport Authority, in Business Bay, Dubai. Courtesy RTA.
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Google’s self-driving car at the Google X labs in Mountain View, California. Getty
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The interior of a Tesla Model S in autopilot mode. Alexandria Sage / Reuters
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An Uber self-driving car travels down a street in San Francisco, California. AFP / Getty Images
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A Tesla Model S car with driverless technology. Bloomberg
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The Navya shuttle has launched at Masdar City - a driverless bus to ferry residents and workers between town and the car park. Reem Mohammed / The National
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An autonomous car drives past during a press presentation in the north-western French city of Sotteville-lès-Rouen, near Rouen. AFP
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An Uber driverless car in San Francisco. The firm has ramped up spending on the technology. AP
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Volkswagen's boxy Sedric concept is a likely face of driverless transport in the near term. EPA
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A driverless car seen during testing in Singapore. AFP
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An unmanned automobile competes in the i-VISTA (Intelligent Vehicle Integrated Systems Test Area) Autonomous Driving Challenge in Chongqing, China. Getty
Driverless cars: have the wheels come off autonomous technology?
Experts agree high-tech sensors essential for safety can still be fooled
Robert Matthews
21 April, 2019
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