Driverless buses to carry 10,000 people a week into Edinburgh

EUROPE’S first, full-sized driverless bus, using technology that will be used as part of a trial scheduled to take place across the River Forth next year, has been unveiled at a major summit in Glasgow.

The demonstration of the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 bus was part of the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Summit (CAV Scotland) at the SECC in Glasgow, which also offered journalists and guests a first-hand view of the technology and a ride in the vehicle.

Overall, the experience of sitting on the bus as it crawled around a square route, stopping at imaginary junctions and its final destination, did not differ much from a normal bus –except that it was slightly unnerving to be turning a corner and seeing the “driver” sitting with his arms folded.