Driverless HGV's

Hi

After driverless cars, the UK is to trial driverless HGV's.

I am not entirely sure that this is a good thing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35737104

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It will be a lot safer than some of our European cousins driving

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It might not be so bad IF and thats a big "if" they could limit the speeds of these great big trucks...I think possibly to have them driven automatically might be the safer of options sometimes.,dare I say!

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Hi

I can remember Terry Wogan saying that the shortest known period of time is that between a HGV indicating and it pulling out in front of you.

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They are limited to 56mph.

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Then how comes I see them hurtling along overtaking me while im doing 60mph Terry?

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"the plans could result in platoons of up to 10 computer-controlled lorries being driven metres apart from each other"

So, the "platoon" is actually a "train" .....

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Who will be Charged, I there are some Immigrants in the trailer.

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I don't know but HGV's have been subjected to mandatory speed(60mph) limiters since about 1998

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Only the British lorries, all the Europeans have found ways to bypass the 'limiters' and many of the smaller foreign firms do it.