Iâd take driverless car over lift from my girlfriend, insists man
Car owner Simon Williams said heÂ would rather get a lift to the pub from a vehicle which appears âbewitchedâ than be driven again by hisÂ girlfriend in her Vauxhall Nova. Testing of driverless cars will be given the go-ahead in the spring, allowing the prospect of comparisons to the people who normally drive you. The driverless cars use video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to âseeâ other traffic, butÂ do not insist on telling you what SharonÂ said about that new bloke sheâs been seeing from down the road. SimonÂ Williams, 27, said heâd be perfectly happy to get a lift from a driverless car, as long as it didnât insist on giving him a list of reasons why heâs not as good as the carâs friendâs new boyfriend. He told us, âI know it sounds a bit risky, but Iâd honestly rather be driven through speeding traffic by something that was probably built on Windows XP, than have to listen to a sales pitch about a weekend at the mother in lawâs.â âI also imagine itâs much easier to relax in a car without a driver, than it is to relaxÂ alongside one who is so entirely oblivious of everything around them.â As well as being entirely nag-free, the driverless car has already shown itself to be 75% better at parking than its female human counterpart. Williams continued, âWell, thatâs not too difficult to be honest.â âYou could point the car down my street and then turn it off before letting it come to rest wherever it wanted, and it would still be better parked than my missusâ Nova.â âIt might not be able to âseeâ the lines, but as least it doesnât appear to be deliberately ignoring them.â