Are driverless cars safe in winter?

DRIVING south for Christmas I experienced very bright low-level sunshine followed by heavy rain and road spray.

I got to thinking “how would a driverless car’s cameras and sensors cope with blinding sunshine and dirty road spray?”

Then after Christmas during our two or three days of snow, frosts and icy conditions I again wondered how driverless cars would cope on roads where no kerbs, edges or lane markings were visible and traction when cornering was often zero!

About the same time, large parts of the country were covered in dense fog.

Again, how would driverless cars manage to navigate safely?

Add in the possibility of some unexpected road flooding, high winds or fallen trees/branches and you have a long enough list of driving conditions to test a human driver never mind a computer or robot driver!

Are driverless cars going to be programmed to cope with the above conditions as well as ‘normal’ conditions or do we just leave them in the garage till better weather comes?

Does anyone know the answer? I for one enjoy driving in all weathers and do not want a driverless car.