Self-driving cars will be tested on road in the U.K. by the end of this year, but will have drivers present in the cars, according to a report from the Department for Transport.
Researchers at the University of Oxford are working with Nissan to create semi-autonomous cars that will have a driver present "but are capable of driving fully independently, using knowledge of the environment in which they are driving," according to the report on improving the road network, published Tuesday.
A trial of the cars on the roads is expected to start later this year, it said.
While there is interest from vehicle makers and their systems suppliers to develop fully autonomous cars, further progress in that direction will depend mainly on ensuring public safety and on updating the law to take account of the new technology, according to the report.
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