Driverless lorries.....?

[Fnaar]

Aussie-style road-trains would surely work on British roads:

 

[Piemaster]

Unlike all the existing drivers out there.

Lincolnshire Police actually have a truck now so they are high enough to actually see what they are up to, something they couldn't in the patrol cars.

 

[0lonerider]

They may have been testing driverless cars in byker today as a car traveling on the byker bypass lossed its bonnet and and the car just kept going! Video in today's evening chronicle

 

[Lonestar]

[QUOTE 4185350, member: 9609"]absolutely, and i wouldn't just stop at trucks, the sooner humans are removed from the drivers seat the better and safer the roads will be.

take a look at this clown
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/update_l...fter_crashing_into_house_in_woolpit_1_4443563
could an autonomous truck get it more wrong. at what point did the driver realise he wasnt going to make it, it may be is a south paw but there can be no excuses here.[/QUOTE]

Sorry,I was grumpy yet again.Very tired but today's commute back was totally different to yesterday.(and much better)

23 years old? He's a bit too young to be driving a vehicle like that IMHO.

 

[Tin Pot]

[QUOTE 4185350, member: 9609"]absolutely, and i wouldn't just stop at trucks, the sooner humans are removed from the drivers seat the better and safer the roads will be.

take a look at this clown
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/update_l...fter_crashing_into_house_in_woolpit_1_4443563
could an autonomous truck get it more wrong. at what point did the driver realise he wasnt going to make it, it may be is a south paw but there can be no excuses here.[/QUOTE]

Following the satnav perchance?

 

[gavintc]

[QUOTE 4185611, member: 9609"]what happens if the driver wants to stop at a service station for a pee ? where is he going to park this 600' long train ? its going to be a bugger to reverse.[/QUOTE]
There are drivers in each of the trucks. Breaking and joining the convoy will be the process to come and off the motorway - not very complex. But, much safer.

 

[Headgardener]

They are not new, a group of wagons controlled by two men may be three has been done for years. All that has been proposed is it be done on the public highway rather than the railway.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

[QUOTE 4185611, member: 9609"]what happens if the driver wants to stop at a service station for a pee ? where is he going to park this 600' long train ? its going to be a bugger to reverse.[/QUOTE]

That's what Lucozade bottles are for.

 

[Milkfloat]

[QUOTE 4186224, member: 9609"]the fabric conditioner bottles with the wide necks are far more user friendly.[/QUOTE]
And you are far less likely to drink it by mistake.

 

[RoubaixCube]

makes as much sense as riderless bicycles.

All i can think of is that it is:

(A) one way to cut down on workforce - save money by hiring less drivers
(B) Increase productivity by circumventing the law - HGV drivers arent allowed to drive longer than 10hrs in one day. Driverless lorries means deliveries can be a proper non-stop 24hr operation, NOT THAT IT ALREADY ISNT (one driver finishes work/runs out of time. Another driver starts his shift and takes the trailer the rest of the way to its destination If its really important that the goods must be there at a certain time.

I dont think it would work too well in urban areas - too many hazards to keep an eye on. But then with that said, you can completely buff up the lorry with sensors to detect all sorts of potential hazards like google's driverless cars project.

 

[Fnaar]

makes as much sense as riderless bicycles.

and

 

[growingvegetables]

There are drivers in each of the trucks. Breaking and joining the convoy will be the process to come and off the motorway - not very complex. But, much safer.

Hmm - I don't think you have convinced me. Not one bit.

In fact - even more scary. Guy in "sleeper" truck; hour after hour, nothing to do, nothing to see - except the number plate in front ............ and "BEEP", "you're on your own, mate! Wakey, wakey!". Doesn't bear thinking about.






And one s****y job! Makes an airline pilot's job look interesting!

 

[RoubaixCube]

If you're a jockey and you fall off your horse mid-race. Even though the horse might carry on running and somehow makes it past the finish line before the other horses do, it wont count.

The same goes for any cycling event where the cyclist must be on the bike to finish otherwise it defeats the purpose of the sport does it not?

If it was RC bicycle racing then fair enough, but i dont think something like that quite exists yet.

 

[classic33]

If you're a jockey and you fall off your horse mid-race. Even though the horse might carry on running and somehow makes it past the finish line before the other horses do, it wont count.

The same goes for any cycling event where the cyclist must be on the bike to finish otherwise it defeats the purpose of the sport does it not?

If it was RC bicycle racing then fair enough, but i dont think something like that quite exists yet.

I don't know about that, RC bicycle racing

 

[RoubaixCube]

I don't know about that, RC bicycle racing

I dont know about that either - Thats not RC bicycle racing and even if it was i doubt you could fit your arse on it let alone anyone elses for that matter.