Australia's First Driverless Vehicle (Perth)
Channel: VB Ed
Date: 29/06/2017

Australia's first driverless shuttle bus is being trialled along the foreshore in South Perth.

On the scale of automation, the vehicle is considered level four, which means it can perform all safety-critical driving functions without anyone behind the wheel, but only in a few environments.

It can carry 11 passengers and travel at up to 45km per hour, although its average speed will be 25kph. 

There are several systems in place to avoid an accident including front and rear cameras, GPS technology and autonomous emergency breaks, plus an emergency stop button.

The bus will travel down a pre-programmed route on the foreshore, but it has the ability to detect other vehicles and read traffic lights.

The bus, worth $250,000, was built by a French company and imported by road safety advocacy group RAC.