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Driverless buses are coming to UK roads, with Milton Keynes and Sunderland leading the charge.

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[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 7 points 5 days ago

Yeah, the reasoning seems to have been "Think how much we'll save on driver salaries! Plus, the computer will never unionise or cause a fuss about hours." That's the only arguments I can think of.

At the same time, I can think of several times I've been glad to have a human driver on the bus, mostly to do with obnoxious fellow travelers...