Convincing People of Safety Is Biggest Challenge With Driverless Vehicles, Experts Tells UK MPs

Author tells Transport Committee problems of driverless cars may be 'insuperable'

A general view of the driverless 'Lutz Pathfinder' pod vehicle in London on Feb. 11, 2015. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A committee of MPs has been told the government needs to speed up the production of legislation to govern the use of autonomous vehicles, but the biggest challenge is persuading the general public driverless cars and buses are safe to use.

Siddartha Khastgir, head of verification and validation of connected and autonomous vehicles at the Warwick Manufacturing Group, told Parliament’s Transport Committee, “Right now as as a country ... we haven’t been able to come up with a definition of what is the minimum level of safety required.”