Oh yes, British enthusiasm and policies are inviting for driverless trials. Google is in talks; pods are scooting around Milton Keynes, a highway driverless pilot is scheduled for 2017, and those not-quite-driverless, but connected truck convoys are going to start showing up on British highways. They're ahead of Munich, Japan, and even China - though China doesn't always advertise its plans and testing.
Anyway, this article from the Telegraph is part journalism/part promotion, but it is crammed with information about various self-driving pilots and the policies in the UK. I have to check out the text of UK laws and regulations. Too busy at the moment.
Lots of trucks all together - no need for bathroom breaks
The European connected-vehicle convoy last week went off so swimmingly that more are in the works. Now it is time, evidently, for the EU bureaucrats to coordinate and make this type of freight transportation possible on an expected-in-the-near-future routine basis.
American ingenuity and technology
We might not be ahead in terms of regulation and laws, but there's still exciting technology advances in the US. Ford is promoting its testing of driverless-in-the-dark LIDAR tests. Looking good. Oh, it's too dark to see.
Don't get me started about how US regulators and lawmakers, with some exceptions, seem more freaked out than welcoming. California legislators are waking up and are not happy with the super conservative (with a small "c") CalTrans draft driverless regulations. The state lawmakers don't want to kiss Google goodbye; nor do they want to relinquish their lead in this field.
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