Posted on 12/04/2014 7:51:22 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Milton Keynes is set to begin tests of the Lutz self-driving pods next year.
The four English locations picked to test driverless cars have been named.
Greenwich, in south-east London, and Bristol will each host a project of their own, while Coventry and Milton Keynes will share a third.
The decision was announced by the quango Innovate UK, after George Osborne's Autumn Statement.
The chancellor also announced an additional £9m in funding for the work, adding to the £10m that had been announced in July.
The businesses involved will add further funds.
Bristol will host the Venturer consortium, which aims to investigate whether driverless cars can reduce congestion and make roads safer.
Its members include the insurance group Axa, and much of its focus will be on the public's reaction to the tech as well as the legal and insurance implications of its introduction.
Greenwich is set to run the Gateway scheme. This will be led by the Transport Research Laboratory consultancy and also involves General Motors, and the AA and RAC motoring associations. It plans to carry out tests of automated passenger shuttle vehicles as well as autonomous valet parking for adapted cars....
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Lucas navigational computers? Terrifying.
Go to the link and look at the other one.
“Bristol will host the Venturer consortium, which aims to investigate whether driverless cars can reduce congestion and make roads safer.”
Oh, DRAT! We’re out of milk. Honey, quick, run over to the store and get milk for dinner time.
I’m watching TV. Send the driverless car to get the milk. Just phone the store and tell them to put the milk in the car. Why the heck do you think I bought a driverless car?
I smell a really funny episode of Top Gear coming...
He he - can’t wait!
yep.. good little sheep.. that’s what the left wants.. good little sheep...
no decisions can be made on your own..
all decisions from the state, even a turn of your steering wheel.
good little sheepies..
Trusting the British with anything automotive is like asking Larry, Moe and Curly to perform brain surgery. This can’t end well.
Got to be a rough ride with those Pentagonal tires.
Of course a corrupt government owned by a greedy elite will use it for any benefit as well.
One word - Hastings.
Didn’t we see something like this in that old “Prisoner” series ;?
Can driverless car bombs be far behind?
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