UK To Allow Driverless Cars By January 190
rtoz sends this news from the BBC: The UK government has announced that driverless cars will be allowed on public roads starting in January next year. It also invited cities to compete to host one of three trials of the tech, which would start at the same time. In addition, ministers ordered a review of the UK's road regulations to provide appropriate guidelines. ... The debate now is whether to allow cars, like the prototype unveiled by Google in May, to abandon controls including a steering wheel and pedals and rely on the vehicle's computer. Or whether, instead, to allow the machine to drive, but insist a passenger be ready to wrest back control at a moment's notice.
Safety (Score:5, Funny)
Driverless cars on public roads... (Score:4, Funny)
We've had that here in the US for decades. We call it street parking.
Re:Not deploying driverless cars kills people (Score:5, Funny)
UK have nowhere NEAR the rate of deaths caused by traffic accidents because the British know how drive.
Which it really weird considering they're always driving on the wrong side of the road.
Re: good they have NHS so one some gets hurt (Score:4, Funny)
In the US, each pedestrian is equipped with full-body external 'airbags' to cushion the blow :P