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New Tue 4 Apr 23 15:26 
 Driverless bus launch - Crankcase
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-65175447

What's the point of that then? Must cost a fortune for a special bus, and it still has two staff members, one of whom sits in the driver's seat anyway.
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New Tue 4 Apr 23 15:37 
 Driverless bus launch - Duncan
Unless words have lost their meaning - which is quite possible - then this bus, which has two members of staff on board, one of whom sits in the "drivers" seat, is not autonomous.
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New Tue 4 Apr 23 16:41 
 Driverless bus launch - Terry
Choices:

- run the bus initially with a driver who can take over if the systems fail
- simply assume that all will be ok and take out the drivers seat

Know which I would choose both as a passenger and bus company.
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New Tue 4 Apr 23 17:17 
 Driverless bus launch - Falkirk Bairn
>>Must cost a fortune for a special bus, and it still has two staff members, one of whom sits in the driver's seat anyway.

You forgot the man walking in front with the red flag!
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New Wed 5 Apr 23 10:59 
 Driverless bus launch - VxFan
Report says "world first"

Rubbish. Other autonomous buses are already out there.

Nov 29th 2021
www.harwellcampus.com/all-aboard-darwin-launches-trial-autonomous-passenger-shuttle-service-in-oxfordshire/


Jan 24th 2023
www.miltonpark.co.uk/news/uk-s-first-electric-autonomous-bus-at-milton-park/

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New Wed 5 Apr 23 11:40 
 Driverless bus launch - tyrednemotional
...the original story took pains to qualify it...

The UK government said Project CAVForth would be the world's first full-size, self-driving public bus service.
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New Wed 5 Apr 23 13:39 
 Driverless bus launch - VxFan
>> Project CAVForth would be the world's first full-size, self-driving public bus service.

A bus is a bus. All that means is more people will get injured / killed should something go wrong.
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New Wed 5 Apr 23 12:15 
 Driverless bus launch - Kevin
If we take part of the Oxford Eng. definition of 'autonomous' ie. ..operating without direct human control.. we've had autonomous buses in Basingstoke for years.
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