TECHNOLOGY
Global drive to collect autonomous data to boost road safety
Fully autonomous driving is some way off but the technology is slowly taking shape as Lerato Matebese experienced
The self-driving car or the autonomous vehicle in automotive parlance is currently on many a manufacturer’s advanced technology brief where vehicles in the future will have fully autonomous driving capability. This, essentially, means that the car will take over the mundane daily driving tasks, but we are a while off from the technology being readily available. Not in a sense of the technology development being a slow process per se, but rather that there are many variables to consider such as traditional cars that still require human intervention to be operated safely, as well as pedestrians and animals crossing the roads. My first introduction to semi-autonomous driving came in the form of the current generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class fitted with all sorts of active and passive safety systems under the Intelligent Drive umbrella. Among other things, this allows the vehicle to semi-autonomously steer itself around gentle bends, change lanes and bring the car to a stop during normal ...
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