RSA decided on as insurance partner for uk Gov’t. Driverless vehicles project

RSA announced that it's been decided on as the coverage accomplice for a central authority sponsored task to pilot driverless vehicles inside the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. The venture contract, offered to a consortium led by way of TRL, a shipping innovation representative, of which RSA is a member, is part of the government’s recent announcement to check the suitability of driverless cars in locations throughout the UK.

RSA said the “consortium has been selected by means of Innovate uk to deliver the GATEway project (Greenwich computerized delivery surroundings), certainly one of 3 projects presented to test driverless motors.

“The £8 million [$12.5 million] scheme will begin in January 2015 and will perform 3 trials of various forms of zero emission computerized motors over the following three years inside a check surroundings inside the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

“The goal of the venture is frequently to research driving force behavior of driverless vehicles. hazard, legal responsibility and insurance issues will also be researched and the undertaking will reveal how pedestrians interact with the cars. as soon as entire, the research will be used to tell how these vehicles can be included into the existing united kingdom delivery infrastructure.”

Kenny Leitch, global Telematics Director at RSA, commented: “We’re delighted to have gained this settlement. Driverless cars are a first rate innovation so as to essentially exchange the sector of motoring and vehicle insurance.

“there are many unanswered questions round how these cars might be insured and thru our involvement in this venture we will be one of the first insurers to benefit first-hand information of the era. As a end result, we’ll be strongly placed to train drivers and also offer the most appropriate insurance for these cars.”