A sneak peek into Google’s self-driving cars

Google let members of the press test-drive its prototype self-driving cars at its campus in Mountain View, California, on September 29. (REUTERS)

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Google let members of the press test-drive its prototype self-driving cars at its campus in Mountain View, California, on September 29. (REUTERS)

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1/8 Google let members of the press test-drive its prototype self-driving cars at its campus in Mountain View, California, on September 29. (REUTERS)

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Right before the press was allowed into the cars, Google co-founder Sergey Brin took questions after a presentation about the autonomous vehicles by Chris Urmson, Director of the self-driving cars project at Google. (REUTERS)

2/8 Right before the press was allowed into the cars, Google co-founder Sergey Brin took questions after a presentation about the autonomous vehicles by Chris Urmson, Director of the self-driving cars project at Google. (REUTERS)

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This is how a self-driving Google car visualises data when it’s driving around on its own. (REUTERS)

3/8 This is how a self-driving Google car visualises data when it’s driving around on its own. (REUTERS)

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Video captured by a Google self-driving car, inset, is coupled with the same street scene as the data is visualised by the car. (REUTERS)

4/8 Video captured by a Google self-driving car, inset, is coupled with the same street scene as the data is visualised by the car. (REUTERS)

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Jouralists got to test-drive (test-ride?) these autonomous vehicle prototypes on Google’s Mountain View Campus on September 29. (REUTERS)

5/8 Jouralists got to test-drive (test-ride?) these autonomous vehicle prototypes on Google’s Mountain View Campus on September 29. (REUTERS)

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While Google co-founder Sergey Brin rode a standard Lexus retrofitted with self-driving technology. (REUTERS)

6/8 While Google co-founder Sergey Brin rode a standard Lexus retrofitted with self-driving technology. (REUTERS)

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A line of Lexus SUVs equipped with Google self-driving sensors await test riders during a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California (REUTERS)

7/8 A line of Lexus SUVs equipped with Google self-driving sensors await test riders during a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California (REUTERS)

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A Google employee on a bicycle acts as a real-life obstacle for a Google self-driving prototype car to react to (REUTERS)

8/8 A Google employee on a bicycle acts as a real-life obstacle for a Google self-driving prototype car to react to (REUTERS)