Select Committee · Transport Committee

Self-driving vehicles

Status: Closed Opened: 27 Jun 2022 Closed: 24 Nov 2023 6 recommendations 5 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry is scrutinising the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles for use on the roads (also known as connected and autonomous vehicles).

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report - Self-driving vehicles HC 519 15 Sep 2023 11 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
2 Conclusion Seventh Report - Self-driving vehicles Rejected

Expectations for self-driving vehicles are becoming more realistic, with circumscribed forms closer to reality.

Hopefully expectations of self-driving vehicle technology have become more realistic. Self-driving vehicles that can go anywhere at any time remain purely hypothetical, but in more circumscribed forms they can become reality. Nobody is likely to be taking a self-driving vehicle the whole way from Land’s End to John o’ Groats …

Government response. The government does not accept the Committee's view on the proposed safety ambition, stating that setting it too high could stifle innovation and that a level equivalent to a competent and careful human driver is currently appropriate. It highlights the …
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Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
8 Mar 2023 Dr Siddartha Khastgir · Warwick Manufacturing Group, Ed Houghton · DG Cities, Lisa Johnson · Starship Technologies, Mr Christian Wolmar, Peter Stephens · Stagecoach, Simon Morgan · Institute of Highway Engineers View ↗
16 Nov 2022 Ashley Feldman · techUK, Becky Guy · Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Ben Gardner · Pinsent Masons LLP, Ian Wainwright · Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Mark Shepherd · The Association of British Insurers (ABI), Professor Jack Stilgoe · University College London View ↗
26 Oct 2022 David Wong · Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Dr Alex Kendall · Wayve, Professor Nick Reed · Reed Mobility, Professor Paul Newman · Oxbotica, Steve Gooding · RAC Foundation View ↗