Self-driving car could end traffic light need, says firm involved in trial

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Self-driving car could end traffic light need, says firm involved in trial
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Could London's traffic lights become obselete in 20 years?

The self-driving cars have completed hundreds of laps around a 2.7-mile route in Woolwich featuring busy A-roadsTraffic lights could become obsolete in 20 years, an engineer involved in a self-driving cars trial has said.

The cars could make traffic lights obsolete in 20 years, Thomas Tompkin of Smart Mobility Living Lab said SMLL was responsible for installing about 270 cameras along the route, which relayed information to the cars about potential issues ahead, such as buses stopped in the left lane.

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