Tests within the development of safe road train technology soon ready for takeoff

Ongoing road train project SARTRE - Safe Road trains for the Environment. Documents the first year of progress in the development of safe road train technology. The project members presents the project's overall idea, objectives, challenges, current status and next steps.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Volvo
• Cars
• Road
• Train
• Car
• Convoying
• Platooning
• SARTRE
• Safe
• Environment

[jjizabeast1]

3:23 logitech g27

[jjizabeast1]

if the truck looses control...

[tiffanychung14]

cool concept. always had it in the back of my head but didn't know anyone would really try to pursue this sort of thing.

hmm erik nordin sounds like a robot. almost stephen hawking even.

anyway, how would you switch lanes? like if there was an accident in the middle of the road?

what if one person in the middle of the whole line suddenly wants to change the destination?

-tiff.

[shobin05]

does that mean everyone have to drive that slow to go somewhere slightly faster? i dont think we'll ever reach there...

[viimilani]

Why using a truck? Trucks can be useful just to transport big and heavy things... If the idea is to transport people, you should consider using a bus (or a micro-bus) to guide the comboy instead trucks. The wind-cut effect is the same

[weneedhelp]

Yeah, one kernel panic or BSOD, and then you have potentially hundreds of fatalities. No thanks.

[hiseternalservant]

This puts Minority Report in mind. Great idea. Good start to cars where we just give them the destination. All of traffic shall become the train, and we merge into it.

[songdermanjeram]

Nice idea especially for long drive excursion.

[villemkaa]

Nice idea. But... what if someone interferes those wireless transmission with some signal jammer?

[zamotrance]

This is great idea. Just like airplanes that can take off and land automatically.