Milton Keynes MP hosts Westminster Hall debate on the merits of driverless cars

Ben Everitt, MP for Milton Keynes North and chair of APPG on Connected and Automated Mobility, recently hosted a Westminster Hall debate on the potential merits of deploying driverless cars on UK roads. Milton Keynes has recently become a hotbed for new technology with e-scooter trials, self-driving car trials and delivery robots all becoming regular sights for local residents. "Last year, we also had the HumanDrive project, culminating in the longest autonomous journey in Britain—230 miles, from Milton Keynes to Sunderland. "Now, at Stadium MK, we will be hosting a Government-funded trial to potentially introduce driverless taxis and a self-driving bus. That is in addition to automated lane-keeping systems to keep the cars literally on the straight and narrow.