Guidance

Trialling automated vehicle technologies in public

How to organise safe trials for automated vehicle technologies on public roads and in public places.

From:
Department for Transport, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles , Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
6 February 2019
Last updated
3024 NovemberJune 20232026 — See all updates

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A previous Webversion Archiveof this code of practice. is available on the National Archive website.

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Published 6 February 2019
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