An autonomous bus is being trialled at the business park that i work at in Solihull. Today i had a ride on it around the business park, a ride into the future? Well yes but that future is some way off, the bus can only travel slowly around the business park, the driver taking over to help out with the roundabouts! My trip was also supposed to have taken place last week but the bus' sensors couldn't deal with the snow!
But anyway that is what testing is all about and for, and the technology is developing fast. It was fascinating but also a bit scary being driven on the roads by a computer (the DLR and other driverless railways always seem fine but the rails provide the required reassurance perhaps). But one day it will be commonplace and i won't bat an eyelid.
