Volvo will be testing a driverless car in London next year. The Swedish company says the introduction of automatic driving cars will develop Britain’s roads in four main areas: safety, congestion, pollution and time. This will also help reduce up to 90% of all road accidents, which are caused by drivers’ errors or distraction.
Volvo’s Drive Me scheme described as “UK’s most ambitious autonomous driving trial,” will kick off with a limited number of semi-autonomous cars taking to the streets of the British capital early 2017. The plan will then be extended in 2018 to up to 100 vehicles, in Gothenburg and across China.
All this may look and sound cool, however, quite a number of drivers will be singing Omo kolewerk (in Koker’s voice), as they may soon be running out of jobs. Some British towns have already started testing areas for driverless cars but this would be the first time autonomous vehicles will take to the main streets.
The British government has promised to introduce legislation that will allow autonomous vehicles on British motorways by 2020.
Dubai is targeting 2030.
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