Try Berlin's new driverless bus for free

If you're looking to get a taste of the future of transport, then you should head over to Berlin, where a driverless bus has just begun ferrying real-life passengers along a 1,2-kilometre circuit for the first time. The maiden voyage took place at a quarter past ten last Friday morning, as the first computer-controlled bus set off from U-Bahn Alt-Tegel. According to Berlin's transport authority, the BVG, it is the first vehicle of its kind to drive on public roads in Germany's capital city. When you picture an automated vehicle, you might think in sleek lines, futuristic chrome and glass, but the BVG's sunshine-yellow driverless bus is - there's no other word for it - undeniably cute. Rather oddly-proportioned, it is capable of speeds of up to 15 kilometres per hour and can carry a total of six passengers at a time, as well as an attendant - just in case.