We already are seeing some early efforts to make this happen, such as built-in navigational systems, Bluetooth devices for hands-free phone calls and stream music, and sensors and cameras that help a driver park in a tight spot.

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In Fife, a driver who hit a pedestrian in a car park on 27 December later proved to be nearly twice the legal limit.

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The Ford driver sustained serious injuries and was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.

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In a conventional car park a barrier would then raise and the driver would negotiate a series of ramps of ramps and turns before finding a parking space.

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The driver drives up to a ticket machine as he or she would in a conventional car park.

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The truck was delivering the cash to a bank in central Frankfurt when the 23-year-old French driver pulled into a car park and pulled a gun on his colleague.

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Mr McManus, 26, was shot dead on Saturday night, in a car park outside the Kennedy Way pizza shop where he worked as a delivery driver.

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Was it true, the only socially acceptable reason to wear a top hat is if you're a Central Park buggy driver, an ersatz hippie at Burning Man or Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in "Dumb and Dumber"?

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Jon Kydd, who was in the park, said a woman screamed "look out" as a horse and carriage with no driver bolted towards him.

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