NLJ this week: Stop, start, bump…a brief guide to the Automated Vehicles Bill

15 December 2023

Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Transport

Robot motors amok on the motorway? Or vehicles safely under control? Which is the future? Actually, the future is here! Lucy McCormick, barrister at Henderson Chambers, looks at the Automated Vehicles Bill, which recently had its Second Reading, in this week’s NLJ

McCormick provides a handy guide to novel legal concepts which the Bill would create, such as UiC, NUiC and ASDE. She looks at key features of the proposed legislation, at its journey thus far through Parliament, and highlights some potential defects in the Bill.

For example, McCormick writes: ‘It seems surprising that a UIC [User in Charge] who has culpably failed to take back control might obtain full immunity….’

Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Transport

The Automated Vehicles Bill: Let’s AV it!

NLJ this week: Stop, start, bump…a brief guide to the Automated Vehicles Bill

For example, McCormick writes: ‘It seems surprising that a UIC [User in Charge] who has culpably failed to take back control might obtain full immunity….’

Issue: 8053 / Categories: , Legal News , Transport

The Automated Vehicles Bill: Let’s AV it!

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