--- description: It's all part of an ambitious, nationwide program to put self-driving cars on the road title: The U.K. Is Making Rules for Driverless Cars image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04c3e4624b619bf0/69877ea63c163940bf451b23/driveless-cars-united-kingdom.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The U.K. Is Making Rules for Driverless Cars by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2015 1:11 PM CUT  British Transport Minister Claire Perry and British Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills Vince Cable ride a driverless 'Meridian' vehicle in London, Feb. 11,2015. British Transport Minister Claire Perry and British Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills Vince Cable ride a driverless 'Meridian' vehicle in London, Feb. 11,2015.Andy Rain—EPA by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2015 1:11 PM CUT The United Kingdom is paving the road for [driverless cars](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31364441 "undefined") by reviewing road regulations and launching autonomous driving trials across the country. By the spring, the government will publish guidelines that will allow the testing of driverless cars to begin in the country, BBC reports. A full review of current legislation will be completed by the summer of 2017\. The effort will involve rewriting highway regulations to take into account the effect of automated vehicles on traffic. The U.K. is also providing £19 million—or about $29 million—to launch driverless car projects in four locations, including a vehicle called the Lutz Pathfinder pod, which will be tested on the pavements of Milton Keynes this year. “Driverless vehicle technology has the potential to be a real game-change on the U.K.’s roads, altering the face of motoring in the most fundamental of ways and delivering major benefits for road safety, social inclusion, emissions and congestion,” said transport minister Claire Perry. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31364441 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3704724/driverless-cars-united-kingdom/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3704724/driverless-cars-united-kingdom/"},"headline":"The U.K. Is Making Rules for Driverless Cars","datePublished":"2015-02-11T13:11:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:23.986Z","description":"It's all part of an ambitious, nationwide program to put self-driving cars on the road","url":"https://time.com/3704724/driverless-cars-united-kingdom/","keywords":["Tech","Innovation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04c3e4624b619bf0/69877ea63c163940bf451b23/driveless-cars-united-kingdom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04c3e4624b619bf0/69877ea63c163940bf451b23/driveless-cars-united-kingdom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Driverless cars unveiled in London","caption":"British Transport Minister Claire Perry and British Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills Vince Cable ride a driverless 'Meridian' vehicle in London, Feb. 11,2015.","creditText":"Andy Rain—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3704724/driverless-cars-united-kingdom/","name":"The U.K. Is Making Rules for Driverless Cars"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Driverless Cars: The Future of Driving","description":"Predictions about a future in which cars that will drive themselves have been staples of everything from science fiction to pop culture to corporate PR for decades. 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