UK to allow driverless cars from January.
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If they are cheaper and cleaner than human-driven ones, and stay that way, they should make a positive contribution to London.
But judging by a quick web search, sounds like they are not so far.0 -
It must be wonderful to have this kind of technology in the 'big city'.
We're years behind out here in deepest Hertfordshire. We're still stuck with the driverless horse.
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Spotted outside the Iranian Embassy at Kensington last week. Have seen 3 others since. Testing most definitely in progress!1 -
Yup - I saw one in Old Jewry in the City on Friday too.JohnBoyUK said:
Spotted outside the Iranian Embassy at Kensington last week. Have seen 3 others since. Testing most definitely in progress!0 -
Woopsie. Im sure the staff in the Philippines will see to this when it becomes fully autonomous and heads the wrong way down a one way road. They will get it out of trouble.
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So for that error of judgement who pays the fine?O-Randy-Hunt said:Woopsie. Im sure the staff in the Philippines will see to this when it becomes fully autonomous and heads the wrong way down a one way road. They will get it out of trouble.0 -
It has to be waymo, that is if they get one. I don't see why the council wouldn't fine them though. I followed one through bank junction the other day too which will also be a fine from the city of London.Kap10 said:
So for that error of judgement who pays the fine?O-Randy-Hunt said:Woopsie. Im sure the staff in the Philippines will see to this when it becomes fully autonomous and heads the wrong way down a one way road. They will get it out of trouble.0 -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvge91r9j80oA mass robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic, sparking renewed debate around the safety of driverless vehicles.1
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A driverless taxi company has apologised after one of its cars veered into a crime scene in north London.
The Waymo cab was filmed driving straight into a police cordon on High Street, Harlesden, on Wednesday night.
The US firm, which plans to be operating a robotaxi service in London by September, said the car was in manual mode "with a validation driver in full control". The driver has been suspended pending an investigation.
Waymo said after "a brief interaction" with police officers, the driver reversed the vehicle and safely exited the area.
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A driverless taxi company has apologised after one of its cars repeatedly reversed out of an east London cul-de-sac in the early hours, making a loud noise.
Residents of Elder Street in Spitalfields said a Waymo car had been waking everyone up with a "ridiculous mixture of a reversing noise and siren sound" at about 04:00 BST most days last week.
The vehicles are not currently taking passengers and are instead mapping the streets whilst being operated by a safety driver.
Lloyd, who has lived on Elder Street for 16 years, said: "We just can't understand why. There is someone in the car, it is quite obviously a dead end and they are still coming down this road multiple times a week.
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Waymo is recalling thousands of its self-driving cars in the US over a software issue that could allow vehicles to drive into flooded roads.
According to a letter posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), external website on Tuesday, the voluntary recall affects nearly 3,800 robotaxis that use the company's fifth and sixth-generation automated driving systems.
It follows an incident on 20 April in San Antonio, Texas, where an empty Waymo vehicle entered a flooded road and was swept into a creek.
The company, which hopes to be operating a robotaxi service in London by September, said it was working on "additional software safeguards", according to CNBC.
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