Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Update on Chauffeur-free Limousine Technology



Over the last couple of years or so, we have commented several times on the mass publicity surrounding driverless cars.

To recap, we have said that we are very interested in this developing technology and that it is something we find very exciting as a future prospect.  However, we have also previously voiced concerns about unduly “gung-ho” forecasts relating to how soon such vehicles are likely to be available for large-scale real-life road use.

Regrettably, since our last comments on the subject, there has been another case involving a vehicle not under direct human control and a fatal accident.  At the time of writing, the full conclusions have yet to be published but early indications appear to suggest that this may have been attributable to the failure of the automatic driving system installed in the vehicle.

We mention the subject again because it is one that regularly generates questions from our clients in terms of how we see things going in the immediate future.  This tragedy reinforces our view that this technology is far from fully proven or sufficiently robust, in the sense of public safety, for it to be rolled-out into the marketplace.


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