When all cars are driverless, will we need pedestrian crossings?

Zebra crossing in London ... soon to be a thing of the past? Photograph: Alamy

Driverless cars are programmed, one assumes, to detect and as necessary avoid any and all pedestrians in the road, by stopping or taking some sort of safe avoiding action. So when all cars are driverless, will we be able to do away with pedestrian crossings? Surely we will be able to cross any road at any time “safely”, yes?

Shaun Soper

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