* South Australia - To host automated vehicle trials
-- ARRB Group and the SA government announce a series of single vehicle trials with trucking implications... Driverless vehicles are set to face their first real testing in Australia, with the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB Group) today announcing a month-long series of trials in South Australia... The car-only trial will use a Volvo XC 90 with a number of driver aid systems including lane departure correction, self-parking, and self-driving. It will be tested away from general public traffic, on closed-off parts of the Southern Expressway in Adelaide, Adelaide Airport, and the Tonsley Innovation Park... While the vehicle will have a human occupant during the trial, it will rely solely on these aids – with systems designed to keep drivers engaged and alert switched off... Other supporters of the trial include technology partners Telstra and Bosch, the Royal Automobile Association of SA, Adelaide Airport, Codha Wireless, and Flinders and Carnegie Mellon universities... Waldron says widespread adoption of automated vehicles, including in the transport sector, would depend on governments and road users accepting the improved safety and efficiency value that automated technology can bring... Those gains are most prevalent when it comes to road transport businesses, he says, where a driverless truck could save operators up to 40 per cent of their journey costs through saved labour and more efficient fuel use...
(Photo: ARRB Group is the trusted advisor to road agencies) -- Adelaida, SA, Australia - Fully Loaded - 21 July 2015Labels: driverless trucks
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