Fully autonomous cars not due until 2050 - they;ll cut

Driverless cars engender some strongly held opinions but experts say there is one thing beyond argument - we don't have much choice in the matter, they're coming. However, we could be waiting some time: all UK cars predicted to be'highly autonomous' by 2040, but the nation's vehicles won't be fully driverless until 10 years later. And when this does happen in 34 years time, 95 per cent of today's traffic collisions won't take place, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has suggested. Driverless delay: If you're worried about being driven by your car in the near future you can relax - experts have said vehicles won't be fully autonomous for another 34 years IMechE said fully autonomous cars are further away than many people may have expected as part of its latest driverless vehicle report released on Thursday. While testing is well underway in the US, Tesla has already launched a part-autonomous system and the UK Government has a dedicated fund to speed-up the development of driverless vehicles, the institute said there will be no'Big Bang' for the technology, rather a process of increasing levels of automation over a number of years.