by Nicol Louw
Are you tired of sitting in traffic on the motorways on the way to work? Wish you had a chauffeur to take the strain away so that you can read the paper or eat breakfast? Maybe the solution is here: the safe road trains for the environment (SARTRE) programme.
Volvo has announced that it is in the final phase of testing the road train, so far with impressive results. The specially modified vehicles use cameras and radar-based systems to keep vehicles in the road train seven metres apart in absolute safety up to 90 km/h. Essentially, the driver of the truck heading the train controls the whole platoon and allows the drivers to relax.
Watch the video and let us know if you are prepared to give control of you vehicle to a computer…
