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Letter: An average driver?

Published 6 February 2013

From Mark Harvey

I see that the question has arisen over whether driverless vehicles must perform “merely as well as an average human” (22/29 December 2012, p 34). Given that, as I am led to understand, most men in the UK think of themselves as far better than average behind the wheel, this might prove a tricky target to set.

London, UK

Issue no. 2903 published 9 February 2013

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