* Car will be able to hand control back to the driver in difficult situations
* Group recently demonstrated autonomous driving on a 100km road
* Volvo,General Motors, and Volkswagen are working on similar technology
Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz and Smart cars, has announced that it will start selling a self-driving car by 2020.

It is thought the car will be able to drive on its own in most situations but will still hand control back to the driver during difficult situations such as dealing with traffic lights.

The move could help Daimler regain its position as the leading luxury car market from its rival BMW.

will accomplish that in this decade,’ said Daimler head of development Thomas Weber.

The technology featured at this week's Frankfurt car show but won’t come to market for another 10 years.

The German car maker has been working on improving its driverless technology over the past few years and recently became the world’s first car manufacturer to demonstrate autonomous driving in rural and urban traffic.

Last month, a Mercedes Benz S 500 Intelligent Drive research vehicle, drove autonomously through a 100-kilometre-long route from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Germany.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv1gFD8H4Kc

http://investorplace.com/2013/09/mercedes-benz-unveils-self-driving-car/

They for no put steering.

Itsok.com

why the steering now?

That's nice. Hope it will be accident free.

l know there is a time it will get to, the cars we are posing with now will be like 404 and black maria of old...

These times are ending!

By 2020 i would have become the world richest man, then i will buy 10 of those cars

with our kind of port holes in Nigeria... this is quick way to meet baba God,

Now i realli belive tht The End Time is Sooner thn we tot.
Wont do any good on Nigerian road

Hmmm! This companies should better allow us to save.

That means na that year be end time be that

Not meant for naija.

What I need is cars that will take one to heaven.

Benz don mess up by revealing their secrets. Now Hyundai and Kia will start working on cars that will be using remote control, 3D glasses (for windscreen) and also drive themselves.

A good devt.

But I doubt if it will work for Nigeria. A place where changes are made every now and then on the road or i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ construction of bridges,without up-date on GPS.

Well, maybe i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ Abj or P.H.



But forget places like Warri or Lagos or any other place.
Person go fit just dey follow the same road wey em know for years and will just fall into the river..., only to discover that the bridge has been removed d previous night ago


Naija sha.



I still dey hail!

This kain car no fit work for 9ja oh! the car no go gree work again by the time the car enter one of our famous potholes. e go just hand over to the driver sharply.

This is not strange.I have seen a lot of driverless cars here I.e Audi.It works sometimes with an app on the owner's phone.Check on YouTube to see more example of what it looks like.

Professor PP: why the steering now?

for manual overdrive!

Copy-cats. Toyota's own is ready!

I want the one that can fly when I get to lagos traffic

end of the world

nkpom mpko: I want the one that can fly when I get to lagos traffic

It is in the making.

technology at work. i love it

It should work in a sane place. Nigeria? Doubt. With all those danfo way dey drive pass Jason Statham.

(Taking a nap on a bicycle) it"s a dangerous play !
Yoruba's will say Orun ori keke

this technology dat kps causing unemployment again abi?

This will remove the fun from driving, hppe it can throw stunts and chance dem molue for traffic?

I forsee increase in death rate in the world population as from 2020.Therefore birth rate - death rate= -net migration