Insurers welcome Automated Vehicles Bill included in the King’s Speech
The King’s Speech announced the government's intention to, in this parliament, introduce long-awaited legislation covering the use of self-driving vehicles on the UK’s roads.
The current state of self-driving vehicle legislation in the UK, last updated in the Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Act of 2018, has been described by the transport committee as “archaic”.
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