Issue 062 · Monday, 7 September 2026
Britain licensed driverless taxis under a law that has no way to record the machine handing back
4 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt Brazil The third time we have written about these fifteen cars, and the first time we have had a question worth asking
- Dr. Leah Sandoval Everything Britain knows about how often these cars need a human comes from two journalists on their first ride
- Dr. Ines Calderón A minicab licence cannot describe a car that drives itself, so Britain wrote one that describes the person sitting in it instead
- Jonah Reeve A month ago I wrote about this job without having spoken to anyone who does it. Somebody had, in February, and I never looked