SensiLink™ Benefits
Economy
Insurance Market
Government
- Creates immediate demand for manufacturing and installation of new road infrastructure, stimulating local economies and generating skilled jobs.
- Opens opportunities for the private sector to provide specialised services and technology solutions to government bodies managing the digital road network.
- Provides additional revenue streams for National Highways through road usage fees on enhanced and autonomous-enabled road sections.
- Reduces overall road maintenance costs, which will either be offset by new revenues or potentially privatised to improve efficiency.
- Increases capacity and throughput on existing motorways, optimising traffic flow and reducing congestion.
- Lowers costs associated with serious accidents through improved road safety and technology intervention.
- Supports sustainable job creation in emerging technology sectors, including manufacturing, software, infrastructure, and services related to autonomous and connected vehicles.
Government
Insurance Market
Government
- Enables phased rapid deployment of semi-autonomous vehicles, securing UK leadership in technology and driving a new industrial revolution.
- Creates a distinct category of semi-autonomous vehicles certified for deployment on the road network.
- Establishes a government-controlled digital road network to manage testing and operation of semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles.
- Removes barriers to electric vehicle adoption, including entitlement to free use of enhanced road sections.
- Generates new revenue streams through road usage fees and reduces maintenance costs.
- Creates a new economic market under government control.
- Provides government oversight and real-time tracking of all semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles, including remote stop capabilities in emergencies.
Insurance Market
Insurance Market
Insurance Market
- Clarifies liability in self-driving car accidents, shifting responsibility from drivers to authorised self-driving entities (ASDE) under UK law.
- Positions the UK as a leader in autonomous vehicle insurance innovation with tailored, risk-based products.
- Supports specialised and tiered insurance policies based on automation level, usage, and driver behaviour.
- Introduces premium insurance for access to higher-speed enhanced motorway lanes.
- Creates new revenue through high-risk policies covering increased liability and repairs.
- Enables dynamic pricing using real-time vehicle and road data.
- Encourages risk reduction via compliance, cybersecurity, and advanced driver assistance policies.
- Fosters collaboration among insurers, manufacturers, and regulators on liability at elevated speeds.
- Prepares legal frameworks shifting liability away from drivers, manufacturers or software providers.
Society
Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers
Insurance Market
- Promotes widespread adoption of electric vehicles by integrating incentives and infrastructure that support cleaner transport technology.
- Improves road safety through advanced vehicle and road network technologies that minimise accidents and hazards.
- Reduces travel times significantly, with the potential for one lane on each motorway effectively doubling speed limits without increasing accident rates or other negative impacts.
- Simplifies driving by automating complex tasks and enhancing driver assistance, reducing stress and cognitive load.
- Enhances overall safety by proactive monitoring, real-time traffic management, and automated emergency response features.
- Delivers societal benefits such as increased productivity due to shorter and more reliable journeys, reduced fuel consumption and emissions, and fewer traffic-related disruptions.
- Facilitates better emergency services access and incident management, lowering the societal costs of road accidents and delays.
- Enables a smoother flow of goods and people, positively impacting economic and social activities dependent on efficient transport.
Traditional Car Manufacturers
Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers
Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers
- Facilitates the use of existing technologies to boost competition within the automotive sector, maximising value from current investments.
- Unlocks previously untapped potential in existing vehicle platforms by enabling upgrades and retrofitting for semi-autonomous and autonomous compatibility.
- Stimulates research and development activities by creating new technological challenges and opportunities, encouraging innovation across hardware, software, and system integration.
- Provides substantial revenue opportunities from established technologies through licensing, upgrades, and enhanced product offerings.
- Supports the development and certification of “autonomous lane ready” vehicles that can safely utilise advanced motorway infrastructure.
- Offers a critical boost to European car manufacturers by positioning them to compete effectively in the global autonomous vehicle market, leveraging regional engineering strengths and supply chains.
- Enhances the UK and EU automotive industry’s competitiveness by integrating cutting-edge autonomous technologies alongside traditional manufacturing excellence.
Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers
Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers
Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers
- Provides a safe and regulated environment for testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles, aligned with existing UK legal and safety frameworks to ensure seamless integration on public roads.
- Offers fallback infrastructure to maintain safe operation and continuity in case of technology failure, enhancing system resilience and public trust.
- Ensures compliance with stringent technical and safety standards equivalent to conventional road rules, supported by ongoing monitoring and authorisation processes by regulatory bodies.
- Our solution is not only complementary to manufacturer efforts but crucial for widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles, providing the necessary infrastructure and regulatory support to scale deployment safely and reliably.
- Facilitates data sharing and incident investigation frameworks that enable continuous safety improvements and rapid response to emerging risks.
- Supports manufacturers in meeting regulatory requirements and gaining authorisation by providing a stable, controlled operating environment and clear operational standards.
- Enhances public confidence and market readiness by ensuring vehicles operate within defined safety parameters and legal boundaries on the digital road network.