Volvo XC60: a car that does almost all the work

Volvo XC 60 drive by Steve Rogers

We are inching closer to the day when we can sit back and let the car do all the work.

Blind comedian and Strictly star Chris McCausland gave us an insight in his TV documentary when he was taken for a drive in San Francisco with no one behind the steering wheel.

The whole idea is not that far-fetched because of the huge advances in driverless technology over the last decade, and there are already bits and bobs in cars we are driving today.

I've just taken a trip when I virtually handed over the driving to the car, and not surprisingly it was the king of safety - Volvo. I hit roadworks half way into my journey on a wet and busy M6. Average speed cameras, of course, so I selected a speed, engaged adaptive cruise control and lane hold and the Volvo pretty much drove itself, accelerating and braking while following a vehicle, and preventing the car drifting out of the lane.

Don’t be thinking you can sit back and take a snooze. After a few seconds a warning tells the driver to put hands back on the wheel but this is certainly a case of steering into the future.