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<b>DRIVING MISS DAISY? </b> The self-drive AudiQ5 took nine days to cross the US.   <em> Image:   Reuters / Stephen Lam </em>
<b>DRIVING MISS DAISY? </b> The self-drive AudiQ5 took nine days to cross the US. <em> Image: Reuters / Stephen Lam </em>

NEW YORK, US - An autonomous vehicle has completed a 5472km road trip in the US with almost no intervention by a human.

Autoparts supplier Delphi says the Audi Q5 fitted with radar, cameras and laser sensors drove itself 99% of the time during the nine-day trip through 15 states from San Francisco to New York.

Drivers intervened once when traffic was weaving around in a construction zone and again when the car didn't want to move into a busy left lane. But for the most part, it easily navigated bridges, traffic circles and open highways.

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