Hello and welcome to Business Daily. I'm Justin Rowlatt and today we're asking whatever happened

to the driverless car revolution. When you heard those predictions going back five or six years

that by the end of the decade, by the end of the 2010s, we would have automated vehicles everywhere.

That was pretty wildly optimistic.

Tech companies have been proposing driverless cars for years, robotaxies that would whisk us all

wherever we want to go while we sleep, read, watch our favourite box sets, or even do a bit of work.

But will the tech ever be safe enough?

We as humans, we like the idea that we're in control.

This is not the technology that's the problem.

It is very much how do you deploy it safely on a road?

Take your hands off the wheel and put your feet up

because Business Daily from the BBC World Service

is going to guide you through the world of driverless cars.

Have you driven a model three before or any Tesla?

No, no.

No Tesla?

Okay, so the screen itself is pretty self-explanatory.

You'll see a sign that lights up to let you know that you can use the autopilot.

It will ask you to touch

the steering wheel every couple of seconds just to make sure that someone is in the driver's seat.

I'm getting the final briefing at a Tesla showroom beside a busy road in the suburbs of London.

I'm about to try out some of the latest automated driving technology available on the

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