Would you trust a car with no driver? Time to find out!
Step in and select your destination
I’m sure that at some point most drivers have thought about the prospect of a car that drives itself. I know I certainly have, but it’s usually followed by a quick realisation that it probably won’t happen in my lifetime or at least not whilst I’m old enough to care.
Well it now appears that I am wrong, as a driver free taxi service is set to begin operating at London’s Heathrow Airport as early as 2010!
A new fleet of 21 electronic taxis’s will operate between Heathrow Terminal 5 and the business car park. Each shuttle can carry up to four passengers and is capable of travelling at 25mph using computers and laser guidance to navigate.
The system named The Personal Rapid Transport system claims to be environmentally friendly, comfortable and will help to reduce waiting time that passengers currently experience when using the airport shuttle bus operation.
Passengers will use a touch screen to choose from three destinations, with the longest journey from the car park to the airport taking just four minutes.
The shuttles have been designed and built in Britain by Advanced Transport Systems Ltd in conjunction with Bristol University.
It certainly sounds exciting but will you dare to travel in a car without a driver!
For more information on The Personal Rapid Transport system visit the ATS website.
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Great article and sounds like a wonderful technological development that I hope will make it to other airports in the UK sooner rather than later.
However, you do have to think about the driverless approach. I recently heard that 50% of plane crashes are due to pilot error but less than 5% of people interviewed would contemplate flying on a plane with no pilot, even though technically it should be safer!
Research shows that 93% of road crashes are wholly or partly due to driver error or human factors. Based on this data, electronic taxis are a great solution and seem to be the safest option out there….if you can get past the mental barrier of getting in a car without a driver that is. Although, depending on who you’ve driven with in your lifetime (and I am sure my husband would agree), that could be a bonus!
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