Self-driving cars just got cool: BMW

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/08/article-0-1A7E2A2A00000578-379_634x337.jpg
[BMW has revealed it is testing autonomous cars that can slide
round corners - or 'drift' - at high speeds,
with the precision it takes racing driver years to perfect]

Video on here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2535789/Self-driving-cars-just-got-cool-BMW-trials-high-speed-prototype-slides-round-corners-skill-racing-driver.html#ixzz2ppo8L5zb

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/08/article-0-1A7E2A2300000578-951_634x340.jpg
[The cars are fitted with a LIDAR system,
360-degree radar, ultrasonic sensors,
and cameras that track the environment,
enabling then to make driving decisions
and the driver to put his hands in the air (pictured)]


I will get one send it to Harrods to collect my shopping
mine will will be Fully fitted with Cameras.



Feel The Force

[Livia]

So you just have to sit there. Where's the fun in that? It'll be like sitting in a very expensive cab. My car's cool... but I actually have to drive it.

[Z]

Wouldn't fancy being in one of those if it malfunctioned

[thesheriff443]

I don't like to engage cruise control in some cars, just feels unnatural.