UK Town To Get Driverless 'Pods' Mixing With Pedestrians

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 8, 2013 @02:34AM from the when-do-we-get-autonomous-segways dept.

Bruce66423 writes "Milton Keynes is the most successful new town in the U.K., being built on a green field site from the '60s onward. Initially famous for concrete cows, it is the home of the Open University, which offers college-level courses at home. Now, the U.K. Business Secretary has announced plans to have small driverless cars shuttle people around parts of the town starting in 2015. There will be about 20 of the pod-like vehicles to start, each capable of holding two people. They will have their own pathways and move at about 12mph. The plan is to continue developing and testing the vehicles, and by 2017, 100 of them will share walkways with pedestrians."

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Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-11-08 02:40 · Score: 2, Funny

These are for two people though.
Just be done with it. by retech · 2013-11-08 02:45 · Score: 3, Funny

With the chronic obesity issues modern societies face, you may as well just put large scoops on the front of these to make it easier to pick up and drop off their human cargo.
From rail station to shopping centre...(and back?) by ArsenneLupin · 2013-11-08 03:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Initially the driverless cars will ferry passengers from the town's rail station to its shopping centre just over a mile away – currently a 20-minute uphill walk.
Both ways?