If this video doesn’t convince you that autonomous cars are closer than ever, I don’t know what will.

Obviously, leaving the driver’s seat while the car is driving on the highway is incredibly stupid and dangerous, but it does show how far self-driving technology has come.

At the beginning of the video, we see the driver sitting where he’s supposed to without touching the steering wheel, pedals or shifter, as the car cruises on a German autobahn. We then see the driver in the passenger seat and the car driving all by itself – imagine the faces of people passing by when seeing the empty driver’s seat!

I am curious if Infiniti has foreseen this scenario of a driver leaving his or her seat or it is just a programming error.

Scroll down to watch how the Active Lane Control system takes… control of the car.

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