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Addison Lee plans self-driving taxis by 2021   This is concerning, ultimately the technology is a long way away from being able to cope with every situation. Will London allow it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45935000

Is Tesla autopilot trying to kill people?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/07/tesla_crash_report/ So it turns out the car accelerated over the speed limit directly into a crash barrier killing the driver!

First death linked to self-driving cars

Do you still believe they are safer than human drivers, and was this death avoidable? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43459156 So as it turns out the vehicle had the automatic braking disabled as was expecting a human to intervene, but the human driver was busy on their mobile phone.... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/24/uber_self_driving_software_crash_report/

Autonomous cars are crashing into motorcyclists

Check out this article, it seems some of my predictions are sadly coming true: https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/features/opinion/autonomous-car-crash-motorcycle-accident?cid=sm_000007