Government publishes ‘Safe use rules for automated vehicles’ consultation responses
May 9, 2022
Last year the government issued a consultation detailing proposals to amend The Highway Code to create rules on the safe use of automated vehicles on Great Britain's motorways. It has now published a summary of responses received, alongside the government's response to the consultation. Read More
Safe use rules for automated vehicles on British roads set out by Government
May 11, 2021
A Government consultation has set out proposals to amend The Highway Code in order to create rules on the safe use of automated vehicles on Britain's motorways. Read More
Hands-free driving to be made legal on British roads by early 2021
August 25, 2020
Government consulting on the use of Automated Lane Keeping System on Great Britain’s motorways. Read More
Preparing for the future: Road safety and occupational health in the era of autonomous cars
August 7, 2019
Giles Kirkland addresses the responsibility and decision-making capacities of Artificial Intelligence, lack of the human factor, automated traffic and whether road regulations are adjusted to self-driving vehicles. Read More
Driverless cars on British roads by 2021
February 7, 2019
Fully self-driving cars without safety drivers could be on British roads by 2021, under new plans published by the Government. Read More
Autonomous vehicles on London streets by Christmas
November 27, 2018
The DRIVEN consortium, led by software provider Oxbotica, revealed that it is to start a pilot programme, mapping the streets of Hounslow before the end of the year, following successful trials in Oxford. Read More
Autonomous driver training course launched
November 8, 2018
A British company has launched the world’s first independent autonomous driver training course. Read More
Technology ‘fuels our lives’, says Safety Director
August 15, 2018
Karl Simons from Thames Water opened Safety & Health Expo 2018 with a technology debate, which went on to discuss how the likes of Virtual Reality and drones are shaping the future of health & safety. Read More
Would you trust an autonomous car to keep you safe?
April 30, 2018
If you grew up in the 1980s, then you may have watched a television series called Knightrider. If you grew Read More
Driverless cars: who’s to blame when self-driving cars crash?
March 23, 2018
Uber crash reignites safety debate around driverless cars. The news that a woman in Arizona died earlier this week after Read More