Legal groundwork laid for self-driving cars on UK roads

摘要

Future legislation hopes to tackle the big questions around vehicle autonomy. The UK government is developing legislation to permit autonomous cars to drive on public roads, addressing a range of issues such as insurance, liability and cybersecurity and establishing a legal framework to govern driverless vehicles. Known as the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act(AEVA), the legislation is spearheaded by the Law Commission (the body responsible for consulting with the public and relevant industries ahead of the introduction of new laws), and work has now begun on identifying how laws could be modified to accommodate autonomous cars.