Budget 2016: Driverless trucks receive a British court

Image Caption Daimler, one company is developing self-driving trucks
Driverless trucks and will be piloted in the UK, the government approved in its budget.

Earlier in March, The Times, the proposed tests will take place at the "quiet area" of the M6 ​​motorway in Cumbria in 2016.

The Government has now confirmed "Truck" caravan test in which vehicles form a convoy led by a leading driver in the truck, will go ahead.

He also said that Driverless cars will be tested on British roads by 2017.

The budget, released Wednesday, the government said it wanted Britain to be "a global center of excellence in the field of connected and autonomous vehicles."

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Image title from unmanaged plan truck was scheduled to complete the budget Chancellor posted online
Companies such as Ford, and Google has been testing autonomous vehicles in a few months, but tests usually take place in California.

Edmund King, president of roadside recovery company the AA, has questioned the feasibility of the scheme truck caravan in the UK.

"The problem with the UK network of roads is that we have more inputs and outputs of our highways than any other motorways in Europe and indeed in the world," he said earlier in March.

"Therefore it is very difficult to have a 44-ton lorry-10 squad, because other means of transport must pass platoon to enter or leave the road."

Other technology-related items in the budget include:

plans for the £ 15m "connected corridor" between Dover and London with infrastructure that can communicate directly with vehicles
Comparative tests fuel signage on the M5 between Bristol and Exeter, allowing drivers to see the best deals
development strategy "5G" in 2017, the UK prepares for the next generation of wireless communication
tax-free allowance of £ 1000 for the "micro-entrepreneurs" who sell products online and the second £ 1,000 allowance for people who rent houses for rent