Waymo has been granted a licence to test fully-driverless cars on public roads in California.
It is the first company to be given the green light for such trials in the state – and it means there will be no test driver sitting in the driver’s seat.
The permit includes day and night testing on city streets, rural roads and highways with speed limits of up to 65mph.
Waymo insists: “Our vehicles can safely handle fog and light rain, and testing in those conditions is included in our permit. We will gradual
In his opening statement at the US Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Hearing on Meeting the Transportation Needs of Rural America, chairman Sam Graves said that even today, 71 per cent of all lane-miles of public roads and 73 per cent of all of the nation's bridges are located in rural areas. In his home state of Missouri, the role of rural roads is even more pronounced: 82 per cent of the public roads and 81 per cent of bridges are in rural areas, and these roads carry over 40 per cent of all travel in
