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Five Reasons Why Driverless Cars Probably Won't Take over Your Street Any Time Soon
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 21 – The UK government aims to create 38,000 jobs and unlock a £42 billion industry by enabling trials of autonomous taxis, private hire, and bus-like services from spring 2026.
- On Monday 21 July, Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood launched a consultation on the Automated Passenger Services permitting scheme, allowing small-scale services without safety drivers from spring 2026.
- The consultation aims to deliver improved transport, with Lilian Greenwood saying: `Self-driving vehicles are one of the most exciting opportunities to improve transport for so many people, especially those in rural areas or unable to drive.`
- Under the APS scheme, regulations require vehicles to meet safety standards and undergo rigorous tests, aiming to reduce human-error collisions by 88%.
- Stakeholders including industry stakeholders, trade unions, and members of the public have until September 28, 2025, to influence future self-driving vehicle policies and build regulatory confidence.
- In the longer term, firms will pilot autonomous vehicles from spring 2026, with a wider rollout expected after the second half of 2027, positioning the UK among world leaders.
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Five reasons why driverless cars probably won't take over your street any time soon
The UK government has launched a consultation on driverless cars, ahead of on-the-road trials of the vehicles next year. It has now been more than a decade since the prospect of driverless cars on public roads emerged, and prototypes and robotaxi fleets such as Waymo and Cruise replaced human drivers with artificial intelligence (AI).
Five reasons why driverless cars probably won’t take over your street any time soon
Karolis Kavolelis/ShutterstockThe UK government has launched a consultation on driverless cars, ahead of on-the-road trials of the vehicles next year. It has now been more than a decade since the prospect of driverless cars on public roads emerged, and prototypes and robotaxi fleets such as Waymo and Cruise replaced human drivers with artificial intelligence (AI). But ten years on, and with self-driving cars increasingly common in the US and Chi…
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