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* Sweden - Driverless future, Are we ready ?
Technological advances have now made it possible for a vehicle to run without a driver, but is a driverless future actually desirable ?...
(Photo: Platooning may be the new way of travelling on motorways in as little as ten years time)
Kells,Co. Meath,Ireland -Irish Trucker News -5 October 2011: ... Volvo Trucks says that making vehicles more autonomous is perhaps not a question of excluding drivers, but rather of emphasising their importance... The history of autonomous vehicles dates back to 1970s Japan and now various projects are currently underway at universities, research institutes and high-tech companies around the world. Hundreds of thousands of driverless kilometres have been clocked up and proponents of the technology believe that such vehicles will increase road capacity, reduce congestion, and most importantly improve road safety by eliminating driver error. The ‘tech liberals' argue that if 90 per cent of accidents are due to the human factor - as statistics indicate - why not completely take the driver out of the equation? Opponents, meanwhile, raise concerns about the fallibility of the computerised systems. And who, for example, is legally responsible if one of these unmanned vehicles causes an accident ? ... Automated systems like sensors, cameras and radar for monitoring the traffic and vehicle's situation are regarded by many as having some advantages over humans, but Carl Johan Almqvist, Traffic & Product Safety Director at Volvo Trucks believes the safest approach is to combine the automated system's 360-degree awareness with the professional driver's knowledge and experience...
Labels: drivers' safety, technonews
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