@GossiTheDog

Ugh, when did 'driverless' (remote controlled by unqualified drivers in a different legal jurisdiction) things get approved in the UK? I thought our regulators were marginally more sensible than that.

@david_chisnall last December, and as a trial process. therefore they're limited to London so far https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8jmx1dl9ro

@GossiTheDog

Uber and Lyft partner with China's Baidu to trial UK robotaxis

Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxis have already accrued millions of driverless rides in cities worldwide.

BBC News
@DM_Ronin @david_chisnall @GossiTheDog London has great public transit. Why is this a problem to be solved?

@david_chisnall @GossiTheDog Sensible, perhaps; biddable, certainly. Which is, I presume, how I got the chance to flip a bird at a Waymo in London last week.

t's the first I've seen, so the bribery's presumably recent, but as I don't often spend time in the parts where people take cabs (I live South of the River, where it's all buses and hoverboards) I couldn't say how recent.