Scientists in Germany are conducting experiments that may lead to driverless vehicles and in a few decades transport might be possible without the need for human oversight behind the steering wheel.

Tinosch Ganjineh has a vision of a country full of taxis. Ganjineh is a researcher at Berlin’s Free University and he believes that some time in the future individual modes of transport will become a thing of the past.

If Ganjineh is correct a publicly owned fleet of vehicles will exist which everyone has access to. Those vehicles will not require the skills of a human driver.

It sounds like pure science fiction but it is founded on some solid research. A car stands in Ganjineh’s laboratory that in 30 years time could be a model for a driverless taxi.

For the moment, however, the car must have a back-up human driver on board who can take control if something does not go according to plan.

Tags: Berlin, driverless vehicles, Ganjineh, Germany, human oversight, Scientists

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