“Up ahead, there was a man, in the street, standing behind a double-parked vehicle. He was concealed from my eyes, but the car detected him. And it slowed down, anticipating that he might step out unexpectedly.” Buzzfeed’s Mat Honan takes a ride in an autonomous car and concludes that there is one thing you should know about them: They are coming. Inevitably. Inexorably. Coming.

+ MIT Tech Review: This car knows your next misstep before you make it.