DutchNews, July 18, 2016
Driverless buses could be in service by 2020. |
Self-driving buses have been tested on the open road for the first time
between Schiphol airport and Haarlem.
The buses are equipped with 20 cameras
that can react to traffic lights and programmed to travel in the middle of the
road. A driver sits at the controls ready to step in if the automatic system
fails, BNR reported.
The goal is to have the first automatic buses in service
by 2020. ‘I think it’s going to be a while before we can be driven around
automatically in any kind of vehicle,’ said Edith Post, of the North Holland
provincial assembly, at the official launch in Amsterdam. ‘But we think it’s
important to make our roads accessible and carry out these kinds of tests.’
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