Nissan tests automatic car on public road in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo.
The car is capable of running automatically without steering or braking by a driver. The company is aiming to have the vehicle on the market by 2020.
The test run was conducted along a 3-kilometer stretch of a highway called Sagami Jukan Road on Monday. Kanagawa Governor Yuji Kuroiwa was a passenger in the car, and representatives of the media were there to watch.
After passing through a toll booth, the vehicle used cameras and laser sensors to determine its surroundings.
It then automatically entered a freeway.
The car detected a slow-moving vehicle ahead, activated on a turn signal, changed lanes and passed the vehicle -- all done without human intervention.
Source:NewsOnJapan
