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 report launch attracted the nation’s media... as transport minister Claire Perry and business secretary Vince Cable prepared to take their lives in their hands

The report launch attracted the nation’s media... as transport minister Claire Perry and business secretary Vince Cable prepared to take their lives in their hands

Times applauds renaissance of railway lines shut by Beeching in the 1960s

Times applauds renaissance of railway lines shut by Beeching in the 1960s

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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