Islanders in flip-flops, the ladies in floral dresses, clatter past on their rickety steeds, while shouting schoolkids whizz along three or four to a bicycle, with extra riders perched on the seat-stays and handle-bars.

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But as computers invade the car industry, bringing new opportunities, benefits and problems, they will no doubt bring the gee-whizz claims of the computer industry along too.

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