Nearly nine out of 10 people in the UK want self-driving vehicles to be clearly labelled so they can be easily distinguished from human-driven ones, according to the report.
‘In the case of labels – at the moment it’s basically the wild west. Companies can do whatever they like, although some have chosen to chosen to write self-driving vehicle on the back of their car,’ said Stilgoe. ‘Whether these things look much like L-plates, or flashing lights or whatever, still needs to be worked out.’Meanwhile, 92% agreed that in the event of a collision ‘all data must be made available to investigators’ which is currently not the case with self-driving vehicle companies.US respondents were slightly more in favour of self-driving vehicles, probably owing to the rollout of driverless vehicles in cities like San Francisco.
Wayve, a London-based autonomous startup, is currently trialling driverless vehicles across the UK in a number of pilots, including with