Soon, self-driving cars will be everywhere. But did you know there are varying degrees of automation?

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Currently there are 2.4m vehicles on the road with some level of automation.

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Monitoring speed

Single automated system like adaptive cruise control features, e.g. monitoring speed

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Acceleration control

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. The vehicle can control steering and acceleration.

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Environmental Detection

Conditional automation can alert to any vehicles nearby and make steering adjustments.

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Pedestrian Safety

High-driving automation. Vehicles can intervene if things go wrong.

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Relax and enjoy

Full driving automation. Does not require human attention. No pedals or steering wheels.

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Levels of automation

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Human monitored

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