Dover is an ideal place for trying out autonomous vehicles. Small area. Hills. Port. Shopping. Tourist attractions. It presses all the buttons.
Could be an ideal area for experimentation.
The rest of the world is getting on with this. See Boston:-
https://www.boston.gov/departments/new-urban-mechanics/autonomous-vehicles-bostons-approach
Loads of companies with loads of money to actually INVEST in a district. Seriously. Looking for a council who has the foresight to allow their district to be used.
I brought this up with Councillors and Council Officers years ago.
They just don't have the bandwidth.
Enjoy your multi million pound restricted bridge (busses, horses, pedestrians and cyclists only) next to Whitfield Tesco (they've been keeping this plot vacant for YEARS).
As ever 'spending' other people's money).
Doubles and trebles all round from the Snargate Street Mafia.