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Self-driving cars enabling drivers to take their eyes off the road and their hands off the wheel could be permitted on UK motorways later this year. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced it will allow hands-free driving in vehicles with lane-keeping technology on motorways with slow traffic, at speeds of up to 37mph. It has set out how a vehicle with an automated lane keeping system (ALKS) could legally be used by a driver not paying attention, as long as there is no evidence to �...

This competition is now closed Self-driving cars coming to a slow lane near you, Government announces Advertisement The DfT has set out how a vehicle with an automated lane keeping system (ALKS) could legally be used by a driver not paying attention, as long as there is no evidence to “challenge the ability” of it to be used autonomously. This will only be allowed on motorways with slow traffic, at speeds of up to 37mph. Not quite Minority Report-levels of future technology, yet. ALKS enabl...

Self-driving cars to be allowed on UK motorways, government reveals Hands-free driving will be allowed in vehicles with lane-keeping technology on motorways with slow traffic Tetsuya Lijima from Nissan giving a demonstration around the roads of east London of a prototype Nissan Leaf driverless car in 2017 (Image: PA) Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscr...

April 28, 2021, 12:09 am Self-driving cars enabling drivers to take their eyes off the road and their hands off the wheel could be permitted on UK motorways later this year (Philip Toscano/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Self-driving cars enabling drivers to take their eyes off the road and their hands off the whe...

Self-driving cars to be allowed on UK roads this year By Cristina Criddle image copyrightGetty Images image captionDrivers will be allowed to take their hands off the wheel if ALKS is enabled Self-driving vehicles could be allowed on UK roads by the end of this year, the government has said. The Department for Transport said automated lane-keeping systems (ALKS) would be the first type of hands-free driving legalised. The technology controls the position and speed of a car in a single lane but ...

28 April 2021 The Department for Transport (DfT) has outlined plans for cars equipped with Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) to be legally defined as self-driving, which would legalise hands-off operation of such cars at low speeds.  Essentially, if approved, the move represents the first step towards allowing certain cars to drive themselves on UK roads. Some cars are already fitted with ALKS, but its illegal for a driver to remove their hands from the wheel, because these cars arent c...

28th April 2021 11:10 am Automotive safety experts and insurers have urged caution over today’s announcement that vehicles fitted with ALKS could be legally defined as self-driving. Image by xenostral from Pixabay The announcement from the Department for Transport sets out how vehicles with Automated Lane Keeping System (ALKS) technology could legally be defined as self-driving provided ‘they receive GB type approval and that there is no evidence to challenge the vehicle’s ability to ...

Submitting... Thatcham Research warns that confusion around ALKS capabilities could lead to accidents The DfT says self-driving technology could help reduce crashes caused by human error, which account for 85 per cent of all accidents. ALKS is designed for use on motorways in slow-moving traffic and allows the driver to relinquish control of speed and lane position to the car but requires them to be able to take back control at any time. Matthew Avery, director of research at Thatcham Research,...

Motorists will be permitted to check emails and even watch TV at the wheel under plans to legalise driverless technology by the end of this year.The Department for Transport will publish proposals

Automated Lane Keeping System technology outcome means self-driving vehicles could be used on British roads.