Driverless cars to be tested on UK roads by end of year

[truebluefan]

The day when a Brit will be able to drive to work without so much as touching the steering wheel moved a step closer on Tuesday after the government outlined details of plans to allow driverless cars to be tested on UK roads by the end of the year.

The UK’s Department for Transport announced the news as part of a wider strategy that’ll see it invest a hefty £28 billion ($42 bn) in the road network in a bid to ease congestion on the nation’s busiest highways.

The government’s announcement means the same Oxford University team which has been testing autonomous car technology with a Nissan Leaf on private land will be able to continue with its work on public roads, the BBC reported Tuesday.


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