Hastings has one of the lowest restricted driving test pass. They are still some way away from the holy grail of self-driving cars – a vehicle that can operate anywhere and under any circumstance without any human interference. NZTA data provided to Hawkes Bay Today shows Hastings has a 51 per cent pass rate for restricted licence tests. Robotaxi company Cruise received approval to operate 24/7 in San Francisco earlier this year, but agreed to cut its fleet of driverless taxis by half following several incidents of unmanned vehicles getting involved in accidents.Ĭruises' robotaxis do not require a human driver and are capable of operating on their own – but only in certain circumstances and geographical areas. The debate around 'self-driving' vehicles has become increasingly heated in recent years. 'And the amount of data that you collect is nowhere near good enough, if you will, to cater for the near infinite things that could happen when you're out driving - so you need a different way to test your software before it ever hits the road.' 'There's only so much data that you can collect from physically driving around, and when you're trying to collect data in designated self-driving routes, you're really waiting for weird or dangerous things to happen,' Jackson said. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
