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Are driverless cars the future?

15 January 2014 Last updated at 00:08 GMT

BMW has shown off self-driving cars that can "drift" around bends and slalom between cones at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Other car manufacturers are also developing forms of cars that are able to drive themselves.

David Grossman reports for Newsnight.