The driver has taken his hands off the wheel, and the car starts driving itself. I am suddenly dumbstruck and lost for words.
The car slows down at a zebra crossing and lets a pedestrian cross and then accelerates away.
My brain can’t understand what is happening. It is a mixture of disbelief, amazement, slight concern and a sudden overwhelming feeling that things are going to change rapidly in the near future. It is a moment of incomprehension.
The driver Alan and Victor from Wayve treat the experience with the most extreme nonchalance I have ever come across, like they have done something simple and everyday like pour out a bowl of cornflakes.
And this isn’t even the first time I’ve been in a driverless car.
