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Thatcham Research and ABI Say Carmaker Use of the Word ‘Autonomous’ Dangerous

June 15, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Thatcham Research and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) issued an urgent call to carmakers and legislators for greater clarity around the capability of vehicles sold with technology that does more and more driving on behalf of motorists. The call comes in the wake of growing reports of people crashing while over-relying on technology which is not yet designed to drive the car independently.

Thatcham Research logoThe risks to UK drivers have been outlined in the new ‘Assisted and Automated Driving Definition and Assessment’ paper, which has identified dangerous grey areas associated with some driver support technologies. These include misleading names, like

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Association of British Insurers, Autonomous Vehicles, Thatcham Research

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