Changes to the UK Highway Code have made room for driverless cars to be used on our roads and Google are leading the way.
Government Ministers have been working on changes to the British Highway Code with a view to accommodating automated cars on our public highways for the first time as it has become clear that current laws could not allow such a drastic change in motoring habits.
Technological giant Google have invested their time and energies in recent years in developing prototypes of their highly anticipated Google Automated Car. They have now unveiled an example which is computerised and has no steering wheel or pedals, instead just stop and go buttons.
Regulators in California are expected to pave the way for the use of driverless cars in September and it is hoped that UK law-makers will follow their lead. Engineers at Oxford University are also working on route recognition in cars and Professor Willetts of their Department of Engineering Science said “Certainly there are new regulations being drafted in California and obviously this is something I have discussed with the Department for Transport, we are aware of it. We need to work on these type of regulations so that as the technology develops in Oxford and elsewhere we can see them used.”
Recent changes to the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic will also help to draft legislation for the arrival of the new technology. It seems as though the whole world is getting on board with the exciting developments coming from California.
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