UK opens door for self-driving vehicles as early as this year
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Britain is set to allow self-driving vehicles with a possibility the first driver-assist models might be on roads by the end of the year, the government said today.
Alongside a call for evidence about self-driving systems, the Department of Transport said it was working on changes to the Highway Code to enable the use of vehicles equipped with Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) – a system of sensors and software that keep a vehicle within a lane, accelerate and brake without a driver.
Cars will require no human intervention on motorways at low speeds 29 April 2021 - 05:00 Reuters and Motor News Reporter The end goal is to have fully autonomous cars that can drive themselves in all conditions.
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British drivers will soon be able to read a newspaper or watch a movie while driving in certain conditions.
The UK government on Wednesday became the first country to announce it will regulate the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly appearing on public roads as soon as this year.
Britain s transport ministry said it was working on specific wording to update the country s highway code for the safe use of self-driving vehicle systems, starting with Automated Lane Keeping Systems (Alks) which is a hybrid of adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assistance.
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LONDON: The British government is the first country to announce that it would allow the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly appearing on public roads as soon as this year.
The Transport Ministry said on Wdnsday it was working on specific wording to update the country s highway code for the safe use of self-driving vehicle systems, starting with Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) which use sensors and software to keep cars within a lane, allowing them to accelerate and brake without driver input.
The government said the use of ALKS would be restricted to motorways, at speeds under 37 miles (60 kilometres) per hour.
April 29, 2021 08:16
The U.K. government on Wednesday became the first country to announce it will regulate the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly appearing on public roads as soon as this year.
Britain s transport ministry said it was working on specific wording to update the country s highway code for the safe use of self-driving vehicle systems, starting with Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) which use sensors and software to keep cars within a lane, allowing them to accelerate and brake without driver input. The government said the use of ALKS would be restricted to motorways, at speeds under 37 miles (60 km) per hour.