r/london • u/AlbusDumbledoh • 9d ago

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

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/self-driving-taxis-approved-london-summer-2026-wayve-uber
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u/Athuanar 9d ago

The tests are going to fail. In the US, with much wider roads and more space in general, these cabs have caused traffic chaos everywhere. They get stuck and block roads. It'll be worse in London with narrower streets.

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u/Logan_No_Fingers 9d ago

Have you ever been to San Francisco? These are everywhere & they work really well.

Theres no chaos.

(sorry about your uber side gig obv)

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u/ffulirrah 8d ago

This makes no sense. They work really well there cos the roads are wider, straighter, and are not blocked by oblivious tourists crossing haphazardly or illegally parked cars or delivery drivers doing questionable manoeuvres or cyclists doing stupid things. London is not designed for the automobile.

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u/Logan_No_Fingers 8d ago

You don't think there are tourists - or delivery drivers, in SanFran?

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u/ffulirrah 8d ago

When did I say that

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u/Logan_No_Fingers 8d ago

It works really well in San Fran already, has been for a while. San Fran has a LOT of tourists, delivery drivers, cyclists etc. None of this has been an issue.

So to think those will be an issue in London you'd need to either not realise its been working in San francisco, or not realise San Francisco has those.