Most crashes on New Zealand roads are caused by human error so could removing the driver from the equation make our roads safer?
The novelty factor may be fading - with Tesla self-driving cars already on the road - but driverless vehicles are still unfamiliar to most of us.
Dr Prakash Ranjitkar, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a member of the University of Auckland Transportation Research Centre, is leading research into the potential impact of autonomous vehicles on New Zealand's transport system.
He talks to Mihingarangi about navigating the challenges ahead.
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