Motorway traffic drones are coming to UK roads, but will they drive us to distraction?
Highways agency uses virtual reality test to see if drivers are distracted by introduction of low-flying drones I’m barrelling down the motorway at 70mph, swerving
Highways agency uses virtual reality test to see if drivers are distracted by introduction of low-flying drones I’m barrelling down the motorway at 70mph, swerving from lane to lane, with cars speeding past me.
There’s just one problem, I don’t have a driving licence. Or at least it would be a problem were this a real road test. But
despite the life-like surroundings, I am in fact trialling a complex simulation created by virtual reality company MXT on behalf of Highways, the government-owned agency
responsible for the UK’s major roads. Continue reading...
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