What do insurers need before the UK goes driverless?
With the UK government moving full steam ahead with autonomous vehicle testing, Scott McGee asks how close we are to a driverless world, and what do insurance providers need before that becomes a reality.
For almost a decade autonomous vehicles has been seen as the next big revolution in motor transport but now the UK is starting to make real progress in turning that sci-fantasy into a reality.
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