Meaning of driverless | Babel Free

Definitions

Without a driver.

not-comparable

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Examples

“a driverless vehicle”

“Will Underground trains be completely driverless? The new signalling being installed as part of the Upgrade will allow this, and the development, allowing a faster throughput of trains, might arise from, or be stopped by, a battle with the unions. Mike Brown, Managing Director of London Underground, envisages driverless trains within twenty years.”

“One of the latest [conditions], from last summer, was that Transport for London should look again at driverless trains. I examined their prospects in RAIL 933, and it's fair to say that their introduction is technically difficult and very expensive. If introducing driverless Tube trains were easy, then I'm quite sure that Prime Minister Boris Johnson would have brought them into service during his two terms as London mayor.”

“Toyota Motor Corp. will begin a self-driving transportation service in Odaiba, Tokyo, this summer using the technology of Level 4 autonomous driving — automated driving under certain conditions — with the aim of starting a driverless robotaxi business in the future, sources said.”

“A man who blocked and shouted at a driverless Waymo car later brutally beat a bystander who told him to let it go, California police reported.”

“The regulations apply to self-driving cars, which have a human behind the wheel. These differ from the driverless cars that Elon Musk’s Tesla and other companies are also working on, which are not allowed on UK roads. , Joe Pinkstone, 9”

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