UK road users demand driverless cars learn appropriate âwanker signâ
As driverless cars were approved for UK roads, drivers everywhere explained they would never be accepted until they can adequately abuse their fellow road users. The UK government has announced that driverless cars will be allowed on public roads from January next year, andÂ drivers will subsequently be expected to update the way they interact with other drivers. Driver Simon Williams told us, âIâm not sure about this be honest. I can lift my hand from the wheel to signal thanks to another driver giving way to me, but how do I do that to a computer?â âBut more importantly, how can a computer understandÂ me calling it a wanker and me miming that it must be deficient in the head when it pulls out in front of me?â âThis abuse is a road-based interaction as much a part of driving on British roads as passing a test, and unless these driverless cars understand rudimentary swearing and hand gestures, I canât see how this is workable?â âThere is a certain amount of satisfaction in berating a moron driver for some ridiculous manoeuvre â and without that I can see my stress levels going through the roof.â âMaybe in twenty years all the abuse will be between passengers berating each others computers?â âI guess I could live with that.â