Why Toyota believes a self-drifting car project could save lives – The Mercury

Toyota is teaching autonomous cars how to drift, hoping razor-sharp skills could help next-gen safety systems prevent fatal accidents.
The manufacturer’s research institute says the premise is simple:
“What if every driver who ran into trouble had the instinctive reflexes of a professional race car driver and the calculated foresight of a supercomputer to avoid a crash?”
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Toyota says lessons learned teaching this Supra to drift will be applied in the real world.
Scientists at the Toyota…

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