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The bus travels between Edinburgh and Fife.

The bus travels between Edinburgh and Fife.

The bus travels between Edinburgh and Fife.

Scotland is leading the way in autonomous buses, and I took a ride on one to find out more.

While Big Tech says this is the future - a world where AI avoids accidents caused by human error - the reality uncovered by The Mail on Sunday offers a glimpse into the future.

The self-driving bus has taken its first journey carrying passengers across Scotland's Forth Road Bridge.

The service, which aims to carry 10,000 passengers a week over a 22.5-kilometre route on five single-deck buses, will be the world's first automated local bus service, its operator said.

0vernight, israel killed a fourth senior member of the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, who headed its rocket launching team. more rockets have been launched from gaza this morning. the first full—scale driverless bus service is taking to the road in scotland from monday, in what is believed to be a world—first. the autonomous vehicles, with two members of staff on board, travel on pre—selected routes using sensors. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been on board the serv...

Is it ok to carry on? the technology, which has taken a decade to develop, has been extensively tested. specially selected groups of passengers giving feedback on theirjourneys. it was positive, - completely positive. no nerves? a little bit of nerves but once they got on and theyve - seen the bus in action, they got off excited, i smiling faces all the way around. every week up to 10,000 passengers could use this service, which has the potential to transform the way we travel in years to come. ...

We took a trip across the Forth Road Bridge ahead of the official launch on Monday.