Driverless Cars
Quick Fire Science, from the Naked Scientists
English - July 30, 2014 23:00 - 2 minutes - 2.51 MB - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsLife Sciences Science Natural Sciences science technology medicine ethics sociology psychology biology chemistry physics maths Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It has been announced by the government that driverless cars will be trialled on the roads of the UK by January 2015. The Ministry for Transport has invited cities to compete to host one of 3 trials. But the UK aren't the first to allow testing on public roads- California, Nevada and Florida have all approved tests of the vehicles, and in 2013, Nissan carried out Japan's first public road test of an autonomous vehicle on a highway. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists