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I don't understand the distinction. If the UK is allowing tests of driverless cars, it must be allowing them on the roads, and of course "in January" means "sta
by sysop073 12y ago
I don't understand the distinction. If the UK is allowing tests of driverless cars, it must be allowing them on the roads, and of course "in January" means "starts in January", what else would it mean
- tlrobinson 12y agoWhile the title is technically true, it could easily be interpreted to mean anyone could buy or build a driverless car and drive it on UK roads starting in January.
- wlesieutre 12y agoDriverless cars are a risky unproven technology, and done wrong could easily kill people. It'd be like taking "FDA approves new drug for human testing" and making the headline "FDA to allow human use of new untested drug." Both are technically true, but the latter makes it sound like a widespread thing being done regardless of poorly understood risks. And that's misleading, since it's being done in very limited scope to help us understand and reduce those risks.
- silverbax88 12y agoIt is true that driverless cars are a risky unproven technology, while human-driven cars are a proven killer.
- Chronic29 12y agoSo tell your friends to stop driving.
- DanBC 12y ago"in January" could mean "only in January" rather than "for some unspecified length of time but starting in January".
- harty65 12y agoHowever the very first line of the article say's "from January", which implies the latter.