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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 … Read more

Government response AI summary
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 Automated Vehicles Bill and 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 ↗

Who gave evidence

17 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Ashley Feldman · Transport and Smart Cities Programme and Policy O… techUK 1
Becky Guy · Road Safety Manager Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 1
Ben Gardner · Senior Associate Pinsent Masons LLP 1
David Wong · Senior Technology and Innovation Manager Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) 1
Dr Alex Kendall · Chief Executive Wayve 1
Dr Siddartha Khastgir · Head of Verification and Validation of Connected … Warwick Manufacturing Group 1
Ed Houghton · Head of Research and Service Design DG Cities 1
Ian Wainwright · Chair of Freight and Logistics Policy Group Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) 1
Lisa Johnson · Vice President, Corporate Communications and Publ… Starship Technologies 1
Mark Shepherd · Head of General Insurance Policy The Association of British Insurers (ABI) 1
Mr Christian Wolmar — 1
Peter Stephens · Policy and External Affairs Director Stagecoach 1
Professor Jack Stilgoe · Professor of Science and Technology Policy University College London 1
Professor Nick Reed · Founder Reed Mobility 1
Professor Paul Newman · Founder and Chief Technology Officer Oxbotica 1
Simon Morgan · Chair of Traffic Signs Panel Institute of Highway Engineers 1
Steve Gooding · Director RAC Foundation 1