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01/05/21 05:00 AM IST

UK becomes first country to allow ‘self-driving’ cars at low speeds on motorways

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  • The UK government  became the first country to announce it will regulate the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly appearing on public roads as soon as this year.
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  • Britain’s transport ministry said it was working on specific wording to update the country’s highway code for the safe use of self-driving vehicle systems, starting with Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) - which use sensors and software to keep cars within a lane, allowing them to accelerate and brake without driver input.
  • The government said the use of ALKS would be restricted to motorways, at speeds under 37 miles (60km) per hour.
  • The UK government wants to be at the forefront of rolling out autonomous driving technology and the transport ministry forecasts by 2035 around 40 per cent of new UK cars could have self-driving capabilities, creating up to 38,000 new skilled jobs.
Source- South China Morning Post 

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