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Originally Posted by FogCityM3
Sometime around 2006 or 2007, Top Gear featured a BMW 330i that was programmed to go driverless around a track and did so with Clarkson sitting in the drivers seat but not touching the wheel...looked pretty fast from what I recall (and Clarkson was scared s&itless!). Couldn't find the video due to BBC copyright but was actually used as a BMW track trainer.
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I'm keenly interested in that esp. since it happened that long ago. Could it be that the car was more programmed to obey certain predefined commands are certain points (more reciting than "driving"). Maybe that car couldn't then do this feat on a different track with no advance human prep/programming? Keep us posted if we can watch it or learn more somewhere. Fully automated driving certainly isn't an area of any particular personal expertise.