driverless

[ drahy-ver-lis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1. not having a human driver in control:
  The horse became startled and the now driverless horse-drawn carriage ran into a car.
2. without a human operator:
  driverless machinery.
(of a vehicle) navigated and maneuvered by a computer without a need for human control or intervention under a range of driving situations and conditions:
a driverless car.

First recorded in 1840–1850

Perhaps because of this, Kalanick has expressed his desire to one day have driverless Uber vehicles.

Personally, I think it's pretty foolish until we have driverless cars, but when that happens, let's do it!

We'll soon be in an era of driverless tractors and drones, allowing fewer farmers to manage substantially more land.

When driverless cars were first mooted about in the wonkosphere, I was skeptical.

So liability is a big problem for any company that wants to manufacture driverless cars.

Big Louie's face was upturned, and the explanation of the two rifle reports and the driverless team was here.

On through the night plunged the driverless coach, the horses mad with fright.

Stopping suddenly, he looked back and discovered that they were driverless.

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