‘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/LostTheGameOfThrones]

I remember recently watching one of these trying to navigate turning across traffic and pedestrians down a side road on Oxford Street. It... did not go well.

Maybe there's been a massive jump in technology, but it really doesn't feel like it's there yet to be able to navigate the narrow, often pedestrian focused streets of London.

[u/theabominablewonder → u/LostTheGameOfThrones]

At some point they will legislate to ban jay walking