Buy a self-driving Volvo in 2014

Unless, for some bizarre reason, you enjoy the pain of driving in heavy traffic, Volvo’s traffic assist technology could revolutionise the daily, traffic-ridden commute.

Brand new Volvos already include lane assist, which keeps you from veering off into the hard shoulder, and adaptive cruise control, which keeps you a set distance from the car in front so you don’t have to do anything – though you still can’t nap at the wheel, obviously.

By 2014, the two technologies will combine to create traffic assist. All you have to do is press a button, set your preferred distance between you and the car in front and – provided traffic remains below 50km/h – the Volvo will do the driving for you, saving you from the monotony that is the modern-day commute.

Take that, congestion.

[Newspress via Recombu]

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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