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Friday, 20 May 2016

BBC News

• 'Sticky car' could reduce crash injuryGoogle patents a sticky coating for driverless cars that could reduce damage done to pedestrians in the event of a collision.
• VIDEO: Investing in transport technologyInvestment funds hunting for the best technology trends in the transport industry, and that ranges across everything from new apps to greener, cleaner cars.
• Uber joins race for driverless carsUS car-hailing company Uber joins the race for driverless car technology, confirming it is testing a vehicle on the streets of Pittsburgh.

Financial Times

• Uber hits the road with self-driving carTaxi-booking group races to compete with Alphabet, Tesla and GM

The Guardian

• Driverless cars: the slow, sad death of joyous driving, one satnav at a time | Gaby HinsliffYou don’t have to be a petrolhead to dread the moment when driving for pleasure is no moreThey found him in a sort of trance, a happy smile on his face, his eyes still fixed on the dusty wake of their destroyer … “Glorious, stirring sight!” murmured Toad, never offering to move. “The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel!’”And that, to quote the great motoring authority of Toad Hall, is roughly how I feel about the impending death of driving. Continue reading...

The Herald

• UK minister points to driverless car future for BritainDRIVERLESS cars will become a

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Future of the A55 now in the hands of North Wales AM after cabinet reshuffle Carwyn Jones, First Minister for Wales, today named his Welsh Government cabinet

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• A1 Western Bypass in Gateshead - how many drivers have been caught by the speed cameras there?We have obtained figures showing that thousands of drivers are being caught speeding on the A1 roadworks in Gateshead