The senior technical leader at Volvo, Erik Coelingh has revealed that self-driving cars will be left un-marked so that motorists are not tempted to “take them on” or “get the better” of them. Speaking in an interview with Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Mr Coelingh said Volvo is working on a system which would allow drivers to control their own autonomous cars. The House of Lords science and technology committee will soon begin looking at issues such as who is legally accountable for a car that “thinks” for itself.
The senior technical leader at Volvo, Erik Coelingh has revealed that self-driving cars will be left un-marked so that motorists are not tempted to “take them on” or “get the better” of them. The first 100 self-driving Volvo 4x4s, to be leased as part of a pilot scheme in partnership with TfL and Highways England on main roads into London in 2018, will look identical to the conventional models. The House of Lords science and technology committee will soon begin looking at issues such as who is legally accountable for a car that “thinks” for itself.