Thread: PLATOONING TRUCKS

Hi,
And add steel wheels on rails for perfection.

Cheers

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I think this is like the convoying systems which various companies including LR are trialling so rows of vehicles can talk to each other, but I don't have a link.

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I wouldn't want to be the barina between 2 road trains.
Instant pancake.

And the human race will become less spatially aware, less able to deal with crisis situations and less socially responsible as a result.

Bit like the cars that drive themselves until there is a crisis and the driver has to take over and make some serious spatial decisions in a millisecond. In the future this could happen to a young 'driver' who has never actually controlled a car, apart from saying 'go there'.

DL

Already happening in the aviation industry.....

It would need a change in the law to happen in OZ as convoys are prohibited for AFAIK safety reasons.

It would be interesting trying to overtake a band of grey nomads or for that matter a convoy of road trains on the Stuart Highway. If the front grey nomad sees a car wanting to overtake in his screen with a camera on the last vehicle the results could be spectacular if he pulled off the road.

What would the truckies do to while away the time if they cannot have drag races up the hills like they do now.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

Already happening in the aviation industry.....

Both I fear... self-flying machines....and pilots who have no idea of the basics and need "time" to get up to speed....

I wonder what would happen if someone should sneak in between one of the vehicles in the convoy(?).

Leeanne has a new Ford Kuga Titanium. It has all the bells and whistles including adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance systems. The adaptive cruise is awesome , it just sits behind the car in front, goes up and down in speed as it needs,,,, very relaxing really,, however,,
On our way to work one morning, (well, several mornings now), in peak hour traffic,(not on cruise), people sneak/push in, next thing we're almost through the front window under "full" brakes. If the person behind us wasn't on the ball, he'd have cleaned us up.