Suzuki Swift review: ‘A proper terrier’

If our self-driving future comes to pass, will

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we ultimately be left slumped in the front seat like so many de-skilled chimps? Possibly, but there’s a lot of trial and error to get sorted before then. Here’s my small contribution towards an understanding of robo error. Driving through town slowly in the new Suzuki Swiftthe other night the car’s sensors assumed a man walking along a line of parked cars was about to leap into my path. The Swift abruptly initiated a full balls-out screeching emergency stop.

It was very impressive except for one thing – the pedestrian turned the other way. Fine, you might say, better safe than sorry. But the system very nearly caused the bloke following me to shunt into my rear. He hopped out of his car to shout at me. I explained it was all the fault of the advanced safety system. But I guess from the blizzard of C-words he wasn’t convinced.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/17/suzuki-swift-review-a-proper-terrier