Wednesday, February 3, 2016

New Vacation Destination that Might Be Totally Driverless

Except for tourist-oriented horses and buggies, the Isle of Man, located in the waters near Great Britain, self-governing, but not part of the United Kingdom, is making big plans to go driverless. Island leaders are looking to driverless vehicles because:

  • Transportation resources will be paid for by large companies (much cheaper than a publicly-funded transit system, for example); and 
  • Tourists will flock to the island for driverless rides and an otherwise nice vacation.

The Isle's government is considering legal changes to allow this to happen. In my opinion, that should not be difficult. Any legal provisions could become templates for other countries and states - such as those in the US.

Until driverless vehicles become ubiquitous elsewhere, the Isle would be a unique playground for a real, pretty, completely driverless road network - well, except for horse-drawn buggies, pedestrians, and bikers.

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