Volvo safe road train technology

[koolyman]

fall asleep at the wheel, oh yes.

[mistakbulabog]

might as welll take the bus... 

[dingumfCallofDuty]

drafting is nice but automated? not so nice

[SupersnakeLivesTo100]

If one of the cars ahead of you gets a flat tire, how will the trailing cars respond?

[MrFatalus]

Dare not imagine what will happen when the technology och the wifi link fails....... Watch previous Volvo presentation video with the car tha supposedly brakes automatically....

[geonerd]

Sounds like a lot of expensive 'technology' for its own sake. Who the hell is gonna pay for all this? The cars will be significantly more expensive, and you'll no doubt need to pay a fat fee to join a train. No thanks.

[alfvicente]

Great idea of having forced alcoholimeter test to turn on the truck!!

[cmtrains]

why have a road train when you can catch the train

[matchbox555]

@mrabuckten hahahahha

[MaximizerTM7]

The other problem is that aggressive drivers and people going back and forth to work and running late is not going to resolve anything. But if you are to old or senile and looking for independence and they have a special lane for getting off and on highways then I can see that happening. But what is really going on here is a new way of conditioning and control. What's next is computers taking over more of our jobs and putting more of us out of work. I said it and am done with it!

[joshuajayman]

good idear



[lookathis]

only good thing i can think off is that you wont be to blame for a speeding ticket...

[RAAM444]

fuck i don't want a "professional" driver every "professional" driver i know drives like a dick head

[valetdabess]

what if the line up of cars gets really long and someone needs to overtake? it'd be good for a road trip but getting to work, i don't think it's worth it. just to read the paper or eat breakfast. i'd rather wake up earlier

[wellesradio]

@valetdabess good point. although I think being able to legally travel in a 90-something miles per hour beats dodging traffic to work while hazarding breaking the speed limit. Much quicker and more efficient way to get to work. I could also imagine it possible to replace carpool lanes with platoon lanes, thus nearly eliminating the chances of a wreck caused by a speeder trying to overtake the platoon.

[cars300sl]

can you do a video on what it is like to be a formula 1 engineer

[heshamharold]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooo

this is my idea, i have been thinking about it for years

[dzizzle100]

@heshamharold omg! dont you hate when that happens?! you have a great idea about something and the next thing you know, BAM! you see it on store shelves!!

[watzupdawg]

Take all those billions and make people live closer to work.

[Bow790]

Hopefully this will not happen in my life time. i love driving and i dont want that taken away from me.

[jazztrmpr94]

@Bow790 Well, I think they were inplying that it would be an option to join a platoon, not mandatory.

[watzupdawg]

@jazztrmpr94 Only mandatory in North Korea.

[MaximizerTM7]

@jazztrmpr94 to start you are probably right but after it takes off then it becomes mandatory so go ahead and take the bait...

[salman2070]

So if the truck driver crashes he kills the train? Not a good idea.

[hys436]

@salman2070 isn't that practically the same as sitting on a bus and trusting your driver with your life?

[jasonawoodworth]

not cool, i hope this doesn't work out. it just looks so boring

[OTKSenior]

way to make driving boring

[foxwuj]

all i can c is a record breaking train wreck!!!

[lookathis]

@foxwuj lol... Good Point... I am with you on that one

[saturnwing]

Holy cow *,,* Good idea