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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42238112

Carmaker Nissan plans to test self-driving taxis on Japanese roads from March next year.
The company is partnering with Japanese software company DeNA, which operates online services for the gaming, healthcare and automotive industries.

It will adapt a Nissan Leaf electric car, which passengers will summon using an app.

nice big cars then

Nissan joins a growing band of carmakers trialling self-drive cars, including General Motors and Volvo.
The free trials will be held over a two-week period in March in Yokohama.
The Easy Ride system could be launched in Japan in the early 2020s

"With 'more freedom of mobility' as its concept, Easy Ride is envisioned as a service for anyone who wants to travel freely to their destination of choice in a robo-vehicle," Nissan said in a statement.
"The goal is to allow customers to use a dedicated mobile app to complete the whole process, from setting destinations and summoning vehicles to paying the fare."

During tests, there will be a staff member in the driver's seat to comply with Japanese law.
Customers, who can apply from now until 15 January, can select local destinations and sightseeing routes.

Meanwhile, Japanese robotics maker ZMP is working with a Tokyo taxi operator to develop self-driving taxis for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Elsewhere, Uber is working on its own self-drive service and in November struck a deal with Volvo to buy up to 24,000 cars.

And Waymo, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, is planning to test autonomous cars with no human safety driver.

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The Japanese will love them....an oriental blend of Cab and Kamikaze...Cabikaze's maybe.

"Elsewhere, Uber is working on its own self-drive service and in November struck a deal with Volvo to buy up to 24,000 cars"

errr...where they gonna put them all, no one country is accepting them yet!

Driverless cars will not happen.

Loads of talk, but the practicalities are insurmountable.

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our government seems to be quite keen judging by past quotes

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Trendyism over Practicalism, the usual Government "I want to appear cool" MP's guff even tho in reality they look no further forward than the next election.

You can't run all the cars they say we must have off the electicity they can't provide and in vehicles we can't afford thanks to customers who'll not pay the extra costs involved....It's one big vicious circle of "nevergonnahappeness".

With no driver in the car, how will it work if the passenger wants to change route? How will it work if the passenger spills his kebab and can of beer over the back seat? How will it work when the passenger throws up? How will it work if the wrong passenger gets in?

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Oh, and I forgot, How will they load and unload disabled passengers and strap the wheelchair down, when they need to be wav?
How will they be able to assist passengers with their luggage or shopping?

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How will they know about manual stop go boards?

How will they know when to pull over to let a blue light vehicle through?

Coming out of a junction how will they know when someone is giving way to them?

The issues are endless. It will not happen.

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No government in the world will understand these issues but if they look like getting wiped out in an election because a few people have been killed maybe then they'll understand

But my understanding of the tech is that at the moment there is always a driver on standby to take over when "anomalies" creep in the problem is that being on standby makes you LESS alert

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