Google Favors Less-Regulated UK For Self-Driving Car Development (telegraph.co.uk)

An anonymous reader writes: According to documents obtained by The Telegraph, Google considers the UK a key market for development of its self-driving car program. In one of the five meetings the documents describe, Sarah Hunter, head of Google's experimental SDV division, commented that the company is "very positive about the non-regulatory approach being taken in the UK [which] places the UK in a good position and could be seen as an example of best practice." Google has also escaped excessive regulation in the area of drone development by pursuing Project WinG in the easier regulatory climes of Australia.

Comments

Just like every other company says

[93 Escort Wagon]

"Don't regulate us, it's better if you just let us monitor ourselves. Don't worry, you can trust us to do the right thing."

I wonder if they have seen our roads

[Chrisq]

I wonder if they have seen our roads before writing this. There are a number of things which make it much more difficult. Narrow roads, where one car can go at a time, possibly one having to reverse. No jay-walking laws, except for a few motorways people have priority. Narrow country lanes where horses, cyclists etc. have no sense