Go Britannia! Surging Ahead with Driverless Legislation

In bold legislation to be introduced tomorrow by the Queen of England - official title, Her Majesty the Queen - the United Kingdom will become the first country with a comprehensive national driverless law, if the legislation is passed. That legislation is lovely in its simplicity from what I have seen. I will check back after it is introduced and actually read the text of the introduced bill.

Can't be on the road without insurance

The bill would allow driverless vehicles on roads and consider them insurable under ordinary auto insurance policies - in four years. I do not have any details yet on what is planned for between passage of the bill and the strike of midnight at the four-year mark.

According to an article in the Guardian:

Britain is already well placed in the driverless car industry, partly because it is one of the European countries not to have ratified the 1968 Vienna convention on road traffic that stipulates a driver must be in the front seat of a car.

Driverless transportation will be part of a speech the Queen is reportedly planning to give tomorrow when she speaks about cutting-edge technology that the UK wishes to remain a leader on, such as drones and space travel.

Queen's speech not actually written by Her Majesty

The Queen delivers a speech at the opening of parliament. The speech is merely delivered by the queen; she does not write it. BBC will, of course, cover the occasion. It will be at 10:30 UK time, which is 5:30 in the morning East Coast time. That's what video is for.