NDM Post 35

Driverless cars to be tested in UK

                    

Driverless cars are being tested in Bristols,Coventry, Milton keynes and the London borough of Greenwich. The Government is funding the three trials providing £19m one in Greenwich and one split in Coventry and Milton Keynes. The Greenwich trials, named the Gateway Project, will involve the driverless cars on closed roads and in simulation facilities and is lead by TRL with contributions from the Royal College of Art, Imperial College London and the University of Greenwich with General Motors, the AA and RAC. In Milton Keynes and Coventry the trials will be run by consortium named UK Autodrive. Lead by Arup with contribution from several other major car companies such as Land Rover and Ford, these test with single vehicles on closed roads, and to build up to a point where all road users, as well as legislators.

 The trials, lasting from 18 to 36 months

The question of who pays in the event of a crash involving a driverless car 

Funding for driverless car development was announced last July, when Cable promised to invest £10m.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/01/driverless-cars-tested-uk-bristol-coventry-milton-keynes-greenwich