Aboard Britain’s first commercial self-driving bus
The technology accelerates; the lawmakers apply the brakes
The AB1 bus service to Edinburgh seems much like any other. It leaves Ferrytoll Park and Ride, on the north bank of the River Forth, and crosses onto the M90 motorway, reaching a top speed of 50mph and encountering a smattering of junctions, roundabouts and traffic lights on its 25-minute journey into the city. None of this would be at all remarkable—but for the fact that it does so without any input from a human driver.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Controlled experiment”
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