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Karlsruhe (dpa / lsw) - In Karlsruhe, the first self-driving local transport minibus goes to the start on demand.
From this Thursday on, citizens in the Weiherfeld-Dammerstock district can use one of three autonomous buses for free.
What is special about the project: The vehicles can be driven freely in normal road traffic.
In order to be able to intervene in an emergency, a safety driver from the Karlsruhe Transport Association (KVV) is always on board.
But just getting on is not possible: the shuttle from the front door to the nearest shop or to the tram stop runs without a fixed timetable and must be ordered in advance.
You need an app on your smartphone for this.
The safety driver also helps - if necessary - with getting in and out.
However, the residents do not have much time to adjust to the new vehicle: the project funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport ends at the end of June.
Then further research will be carried out;
Among other things, studies on the acceptance of such vehicles are to be carried out.
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