{"id":2391,"date":"2015-09-16T08:40:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T08:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2015-09-16T14:38:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T14:38:41","slug":"driverless-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/driverless-taxi\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Driverless Taxis Coming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.video-container iframe {\n    position: absolute;\n    top:0;\n    left: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 100%;\n}\n.video-container {\n    position: relative;\n    padding-bottom: 56.25%;\n    padding-top: 35px;\n    height: 0;\n    overflow: hidden;\n}\n<\/style>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mercedes-Self-Driving-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Mercedes Benz are eyeing up their own line of self-driving, on-demand cars, according to Reuters, and can see a clear gap in the market of customers who don&#8217;t want or 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