Driverless Cars: On a Road to Nowhere by Christian Wolmar

Driverless Cars: On a Road to Nowhere by Christian Wolmar

Driverless cars are being hyped strongly by industry and government as an inevitable feature of our (near) future transport options. This book argues that they will not be - as the technical, ethical and environmental difficulties are too great. Autonomous vehicles are also the wrong solution to the wrong problem.

`This is just what the robot evangelists don't want you to read: a rational, level-headed, compelling yet cheerful analysis of why the driverless car`s route to success is so uncertainWolmar has simmered the hype to reveal why autonomous cars probably aren't coming to a street near you anything like as soon as you've been led to believe.' Giles Chapman, commentator on car culture and award-winning author.; `Christian Wolmar applies his forensic skills to devastating effect in this expose of the unfolding driverless car fraud. This is a book to be read twice: first today, and then again in 2021, when the promises made by government and industry about the widespread adoption of fully driverless cars by that date will be easily tested. Reading in 2021 will provide grim satisfaction.' John Adams, Emeritus Professor at University College London.; `Christian Wolmar demonstrates once again why he`s such an excellent - and much-needed - transport writer. This book is an indispensable and thought-provoking counterpoint to what seems to have become the accepted wisdom on autonomous vehicles. Read it and you will definitely think twice next time you are told that they're the answer to our transport problems.' Jon Shaw, Professor of Geography at University of Plymouth.; `Christian Wolmar shows us that the issues surrounding autonomous vehicles are basically about the power and freedom of different types of road user, and who wins and loses from their application. He lists in detail the issues that work against autonomous vehicles being any real kind of solution to the health and environmental transport problems we have. This book is a powerful argument against further resources going up the road to nowhere.' Robert Davis, Chair of the Road Danger Reduction Forum

Christian Wolmar is an award-winning writer and broadcaster and is widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading commentators on transport. He is the author of more than a dozen books on transport issues including 'Are Trams Socialist?' and regularly appears on TV and radio. He has written for The New Statesman, The Times, The Guardian and The Oldie among many other publications.

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ISBN 13	9781907994753
ISBN 10	1907994750
Title	Driverless Cars: On a Road to Nowhere
Author	Christian Wolmar
Series	Perspectives
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	London Publishing Partnership
Year published	2018-01-18
Number of pages	134
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