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Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar” – because customers want to be dropped off in them, autonomous vehicle firm Waymo tells cyclists

The Google-owned company, which officially launched its self-driving fleet in London earlier this month, has reportedly told cycling campaigners that it is “normal practice” for their taxis to veer into and block cycle lanes

Fri, Apr 24, 2026 11:02

Waymo Jaguar I-Pace in San Francisco (licensed CC BY 4.0 by Dilu on Wikimedia Commons)

Driverless taxi crashes into San Francisco cyclist, injuring rider

Collision involved ‘robocab’ owned by Google affiliate Waymo

Thu, Feb 08, 2024 13:42

Researchers suggest cyclists could wear smart glasses to communicate with self-driving cars — automated vehicles “need to learn the language of cyclists”

"There has been a lot of research in recent years on building safety features into autonomous vehicles to help keep pedestrians safe, but comparatively little on how AVs can safely share the roads with cyclists"

Tue, Apr 25, 2023 15:00

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“These are completely safe autonomous vehicles”: Cyclist spots driverless car using cycle lane

Cruise insists its car would not have gone into the bike lane if there was a cyclist in it

Tue, Jan 10, 2023 09:26

Renault driverless car (image taken from YouTube video).jpg

“This will kill people”: Proposed Highway Code changes will allow self-driving car users to watch TV

The interim measures, which are set to come into effect in the summer, also include making insurance companies, not individual motorists, responsible for crashes involving self-driving cars

Wed, Apr 20, 2022 13:35

Google’s self-driving car prototype (image via Youtube)

“Sanity test” aims to make self-driving cars safer and less likely to hit cyclists

Researchers develop a new way to "sanity test" the algorithms that control self-driving cars

Fri, Apr 05, 2019 12:07

London traffic jam (licensed CC BY 2.0 by Garry Knight on Flickr)

Self-driving cars? No, walking and cycling “must remain the best options for short urban journeys” says DfT

Self driving cars could increase congestion and reduce the numbers of people walking and cycling says Depart for Transport report

Fri, Mar 29, 2019 09:42

Uber self driving Volvo XC90 – image via Uber.jpg

Uber self-driving cars back on the roads less than a year after fatal crash with cyclist

Firm says it has “made safety core to everything we do”

Fri, Dec 21, 2018 14:54

Uber set to deploy self-driving fleet within two weeks

The app-based ride sharing service is set to jump ahead decades by introducing the first commercial self-driving fleet to roads

Sat, Aug 20, 2016 10:11