Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 111372
Driverless Vehicles: Urban Areas
Tabled: 5 February 2026
Answered: 10 February 2026
Question
Olly Glover
Liberal Democrat — Didcot and Wantage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the ability of autonomous systems to correctly interpret traffic signals at complex or partially obscured junctions in dense urban environments.
Answer
Simon LightwoodSelf-driving vehicles will be expected to operate safely and legally on GB's road infrastructure as it currently exists, just as human drivers do now. Although not essential for safe self-driving, adaptations to roads and other infrastructure have the pot...
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