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Motor Vehicles: Technology

Question for Department for Transport

UIN 158871, tabled on 25 February 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the timeframe for the deployment of Automated Lane Keeping System vehicles on UK roads.

Answered on

2 March 2021

Based on the latest available information, Department for Transport (DfT) officials are not expecting vehicles with Automated Lane Keeping System (ALKS) to reach the UK before late 2021, and are developing amendments to legislation, the Highway Code and procedures in Great Britain to be ready by the Autumn. DfT officials are maintaining dialogue with manufacturers to understand their plans and timescales.

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