UK Insurers Want Right to Collect Accident Data Before They Agree to Provide Cover for Driverless Cars

UK Insurers Want Right to Collect Accident Data Before They Agree to Provide Cover for Driverless Cars
Virginia Tech Center for Technology Development Program Administration Specialist Greg Brown sits behind the wheel of a driverless car during a test ride showing the alert system handing over automation to the driver while driving on a local Blacksburg, Va., on Nov. 13, 2015. Justin Fine/Virginia Tech via AP
Chris Summers
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A committee of MPs, which has been hearing evidence from experts on autonomous vehicles, has been told by a senior figure in the insurance industry they would need to be given the right to collect “collision data” from driverless cars before they were prepared to insure them on Britain’s roads.

The committee was also told that in future it will probably be cars that will be insured, rather than the drivers.

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Chris Summers is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories, with a particular interest in crime, policing and the law.
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