Davy51 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Posted August 26, 2017 Well the first report i heard suggested that one driver would be controlling 3 vehicles then a later report said each vehicle would still need its own driver for steering purposes. It still won't stop cars causing accidents by cutting other vehicles up & by going straight from 3rd lane to slip road across traffic. Quote
Evil Sid Posted August 26, 2017 Report Posted August 26, 2017 the driver in the front vehicle will do all the ,manoeuvring, the drivers in the other two are there just in case anything goes amiss. Can't see it catching on as they will still have to pay three drivers but only one will be working the other two will probably be sat watching videos or catching up on sleep. The excuse for the idea is that the three vehicles can be much closer to each other so saving on fuel somehow. going to be great fun getting on the motorway from a short slip road, bad enough now in places with the line of HGV's trundling past so close together that yoou would be hard pressed to get a mini in the gap let alone a decent sized car. 1 Quote
Davy51 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Posted August 26, 2017 I know there is a shortage of HGV drivers by many thousands so you would think the first move would be to bring the government training boards back & get people off unemployment benefit & out of part time jobs & into full time well paid work. The long term aim of driverless vehicles is obviously to reduce the need for HGV drivers thereby creating even more unemployment & living off the state with less tax & NI paid into the system. Quote
observer Posted August 27, 2017 Author Report Posted August 27, 2017 Can't quite see how this arrangement can be safe: if the lead vehicle is involved in an accident, any sudden evasive action taken by the driver will be mimicked by the following vehicles, thus causing a pile up. Quote
Bazj Posted August 29, 2017 Report Posted August 29, 2017 These were just the type of scenarios that always used to go wrong in episodes of Thunderbirds when I was a kid Quote
Evil Sid Posted August 29, 2017 Report Posted August 29, 2017 Be fair though baz, they were driving them along narrow cliff roads. Quote
observer Posted August 29, 2017 Author Report Posted August 29, 2017 Presume the lead drivers will all speak and read English and be tea-total ? Quote
Milky Posted October 16, 2017 Report Posted October 16, 2017 Why not just have road trains like in Australia? Quote
Bazj Posted October 16, 2017 Report Posted October 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Milky said: Why not just have road trains like in Australia? because in Australia they have long, empty, open roads where having a 300ft long lorry doesn't cause any issues.... 1 Quote
Milky Posted October 17, 2017 Report Posted October 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Bazj said: because in Australia they have long, empty, open roads where having a 300ft long lorry doesn't cause any issues.... They have road trains in Finland and Sweden. How is it different from three trucks closely following each other? I do not see it working on busy UK roads even at night, It is called Platooning by the way. Quote
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