Press brings pros and cons of driverless cars to public attention after report launch

Last week’s launch of the Government’s long-term plans for the evolution of autonomous vehicles on the nation’s roads attracted a media scrum of photographers eager to see a pair of ministers take a ride in a driverless car.

THE COUNTRY’S media congregated at North Greenwich last week for the launch of the Government’s The pathway to driverless cars report on 11 February (see pp6-7).

The Daily Telegraph, reporting on the report’s launch the day before it actually occurred, warned its readers that: “The Highway Code may need to be re-written to stop driverless cars from bringing Britain’s city centres to a halt… Passing distances between cycling and pedestrians may have to be...

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