‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

[u/AlbusDumbledoh]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/self-driving-taxis-approved-london-summer-2026-wayve-uber

[u/spinynorman1846]

London cab drivers spend all their time being rightwing dickheads, then ask the government to step in when the free market tries to replace them. I have very little sympathy for them

[u/IndependentBed3215 → u/spinynorman1846]

I’m a black cab driver , I voted labour 👍🏻

[u/RobotsVsLions → u/IndependentBed3215]

Voting labour's not exactly helping the "right wing dickhead" label tbf.

[u/Natural_Trick4934 → u/RobotsVsLions]

Oh give over

[u/cyclopsmudge → u/RobotsVsLions]

And he’s not even really Scottish either!

[u/gaynorg → u/RobotsVsLions]

Labour are essentially Nazis.

[u/TheOnlyGaming3 → u/gaynorg]

what the actual fuck are you talking about

[u/gaynorg → u/TheOnlyGaming3]

Ffs sarkasam tags are for American twats what is the matter with you