GOOGLE’S SELF-DRIVE CAR TOOK BLIND MAN TO DRY CLEANERS

A video has been released showing a man getting behind the wheel of a Toyota Prius and driving away to run his errands. Nothing unusual there however, the man is legally blind and he did not need to touch the pedals or steering wheel at all.

Google has released a self-driving car using high tech gadgets such as radars, lasers and cameras. A team of robotics experts developed the system and it has proved very successful with over 200,000 miles covered in this computer-led vehicle.

Mr Mahan the driver in the video said this: “Where this would change my life is to give me the independence and the flexibility to go the places I both want to go and need to go.”

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