Self-driving cars coming our way – Clune European Parliament

We may soon be sharing our roads with cars that don’t have anyone behind the steering wheel.

According to the European Parliament, driverless vehicles will be on the EU market from twenty twenty (2020).

Those in favour of self-driving cars and trucks say they’ll help to drastically reduce road traffic accidents which are largely the result of human error.

However, there are few rules controlling the way autonomous vehicles can operate in the EU. And today MEPs in Strasbourg voted for a range of proposals aimed at governing their use in Europe.

The Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune who is on the European Parliament’s Transport Committee explains.

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