Self-driving bus trial grinds to a halt: bike risk
![Nederland, Appelscha, 13-09-'16; Start van de pilot zelfrijdend vervoer in het Friese Appelscha. Op een traject van 2,5 kilometer gaan twee zelfrijdende voertuigen van Easymile zes weken lang gratis passagiers vervoeren van en naar het Nationaal park Drents-Friese Wold. Ooststellingwerf is daarmee de eerste gemeente waar een zelfrijdend voertuig mét passagiers de openbare weg op mag. Foto: Kees van de Veen, Hollandse Hoogte](http://www.dutchnews.nl/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Selfdriving-car-picture.jpg)
The Netherlands’ first self-driving buses have been pulled from the road after just two days, because they were a potential hazard to cyclists, reports Omrop Fryslân.
Ooststellingwerf municipality has been trying the two self-driving buses since Monday but found that cyclists needed to move out of the bike lane to allow them to pass – considered a danger.
They were following a 2.5km route from Wester Es to Drents-Friese Wold and back again. The area is investigating how to solve the problem to get the six-passenger vehicles back on the road and potentially reversing a national decline in local transport.
The buses run on electricity and have a steward – someone on benefits with special training for the job – in case something goes wrong.
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