First self-driving cars will be unmarked to protect them from road bullies

The first autonomous vehicles to hit Britain's roads, as soon as 2018, will not feature any special markings in order to protect them from 'road bullies', a senior executive at Volvo has claimed.

Erik Coelingh made the statement to the Observer, adding that the Swedish carmaker fears that other motorists would drive erratically around the autonomous vehicles if they knew there was no human driver inside.