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The introduction of driverless vehicles may be nothing more than science fiction to some people, but the fact that technology giants such as Google are investing heavily in development, shows the concept is closer to reality than many think.

Daimler, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of trucks, recently demonstrated a prototype truck which drove autonomously on a German autobahn and successfully navigated a junction in real driving conditions.

This demonstration showed just how real the technology is. Daimler demonstrated the truck ...