driverless

Repeated on BBC 2's horizon tonight at 11.15pm or available on iplayer. a program describing driverless car developments. Bit slow to start it gets better later on when it reaches level 4 with the use of graphics processors etc and how they may change the landscape of cities in the future...

As we progress towards driverless cars, or cars that can switch between driver and driverless modes, how can we be sure that the driverless mode won't be abused. Say, for example, that someone gets caught drinking and driving, and gets a ban. All they would have to do is switch to driverless...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/driverless-cars-are-coming-to-a-road-near-you-by-2020-a3201681.html

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=30565 What do we think? (apologies if this has been posted already, I had a look and couldn't find anything)