Highlights from the 2nd
Lords committee session on Automated Driving Bill:
“in the current state of our infrastructure, automated vehicles will simply not work.”
“I live a mile from the city centre of Cardiff, where there is a very poor mobile network.
It would certainly not be strong, regular and reliable enough for automated vehicles.”
“There is no point putting in a whole network of charging points … if none is usable by automated vehicles.”
“It is not going to come into the countryside”
“it was in the press at the weekend… the infrastructure mapping must be accurate.”
“investing in information systems that can communicate directly with vehicles”
“The AV industry considers that there will have to be changes to our roads for its vehicles to operate”
“not realistic to argue that delivery robots are part of this Bill if they cannot deliver.”
“probe the difference between ‘automated,’ ‘autonomous,’ ‘autonomously’ and ‘self-driving’”
“better design requirements to ensure journeys are accessible”
“Law Commissions recommended offering a separate bespoke scheme, creating a clear and lawful route for [public] service providers to become licensed”
“Potentially, for the first time in England, this would criminalise jaywalking”
At least the government representatives are clued up and determined to get this bill done without delay.
