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CT: One major area of autonomous vehicle development concerns an area where machines have already been used for over a century – the motor car. Cars are so widely used that there is already a coherent system in place to organise their operation, perhaps making it easier to understand the scope of autonomous cars.
Road traffic could continue to be ordered in a similar way to current systems, and would be used for similar applications – primarily for transport of people and goods. The idea of transferring control from a human driver to the vehicle itself, however, is a quantum leap which some may struggle to accept.

S: https://www.lloyds.com/~/media/lloyds/reports/emerging%20risk%20reports/autonomous%20vehicles%20final.pdf (last access: 23 February 2015)

N: A fully autonomous car can be defined as a car which is able to perceive its environment, decide what route to take to its destination, and drive it. The development of this could allow significant changes to travel – without the need for human supervision or operation, everyone in the car could be a passenger, or it could even drive with no occupants at all.
This could allow productivity and leisure time to be reclaimed from commutes, transport accessibility to be widened for those previously unable to drive, and greater traffic efficiency.
Autonomous cars could have a positive environmental impact. Driving at more consistent
speeds, with less accelerating and braking, as well as more efficiently chosen routes could result in lower carbon emissions from driving.

S: https://www.lloyds.com/~/media/lloyds/reports/emerging%20risk%20reports/autonomous%20vehicles%20final.pdf (last access: 23 February 2015)

SYN: driverless car, self-driving car.

S: GDT

CR: computer science, cybernetics, full park assist system, intelligent system.