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Semi-autonomous vehicles on our roads: what could possibly go wrong?

Stephen Stradling, Transport Research Institute
09 March 2015
Stephen Stradling was professor of transport psychology at Edinburgh Napier University’s Transport Research Institute where he is now an emeritus professor.
Stephen Stradling was professor of transport psychology at Edinburgh Napier University’s Transport Research Institute where he is now an emeritus professor.

 

Trials are to get underway of running driverless vehicles on UK roads to test the impact on infrastructure, regulation and other road users (‘Come and test driverless vehicles on our roads, Government tells industry’ LTT 20 Feb).

The DfT distinguishes between “high automation – cars with a qualified driver who can take over control of the driverless car” and “full automation – vehicles where there is no need for a driver”.

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