Driverless cars will be on our motorways in just 2 years’ time

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The BBC has reported that a driverless cars trial is scheduled to take place on UK motorways in 2019. Previously tests like these have taken place at slower speeds and away from public roads, but this time the cars will be on UK motorways and will travel at much higher speeds. Although the cars will still have a human inside, they will “operate with almost full autonomy”. The trial is being funded by the government, who have invested a whopping £8.6 million grant into the project.

So how exactly do driverless cars work? Dr Nick Reed, academy director at transport consultancy TRL explains that you can choose whether to be a passenger or a driver on each journey. “If you want to drive an MG and enjoy that, you’ll be able to. Or if you want to prepare for a business meeting during your two-hour journey, you’ll be able to do that too. Automation systems give us choices.”

As human error has been blamed for 93% of crashes in a 2008 survey by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, it is thought that driverless cars will provide a much safer option for travelling. What do you think?

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