UK plans to change the rules of the road in connection with the advent of romobily

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The British rules of the road, which are sublimely called the “highway code” there, will have to be changed in accordance with the new times, namely, with the arrival of robot vehicles in the daily life. Automatic cars without a driver in theory can safely move, leaving a smaller distance to the vehicle in front, drive along narrower lanes and go around obstacles with greater accuracy than cars running by people.

In the UK rules, much attention is paid to such trifles as the distance between cars or the treatment of cyclists. For example, a bicycle must be driven around, leaving it the same space as an ordinary car. And for the "preload" of the car, when the driver is attached "to the tail" of the vehicle in front, it is possible to get a fine.

Last week, green light was given to testing of ro-mobility on public roads. It is noted that for a trip in a car you do not need the right. Insurance of such cars will be much cheaper, since, theoretically, the probability of an accident they have lower than for conventional ones.
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Campaigning for changes in the rules, Graham Parkhurst, head of the research program for the introduction of robots, explains: “If absolutely all drivers obeyed absolutely all the rules listed in the highway code, then traffic on the roads would be blocked. Therefore, if robomobils will follow all these rules, our program simply will not work. ”


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There is, among other things, another question with the differences between “semi-automatic” cars that are equipped with a steering wheel and pedals, and in which the driver can take over control at any time, and fully automatic robotic vehicles, where a person simply cannot do this. It is possible that drivers of cars of the first type will not be exempted from fines for outside actions - for example, using mobile phones or driving and driving.

By the way, interested readers can familiarize themselves with the official Russian translation of the code .