A special license issued in the State of Nevada talks about the case of a self-propelled vehicle. However, not a driverless, the law still requires that a driver is on hand to take over from automatic if needed.
But technology behind the self-propelled truck has been tested over 16000 km in Daimler’s test track in Papenburg German. Daimlerägda Freightliner share this technology with Mercedes Future truck which last year drove himself on the A14 motorway near Magdeburg.
But when Freightliner Inspiration now begins roll on Highway 15, the two premiere cars got unique license plates for self-driving vehicles.
As soon as the driver entered the highway system is switched Highway Pilot In. The system does, however, no overtaking, and run not by or on the road. In case of road works or very bad weather, the human operator takes over the wheel.
hghway Pilot is composed of multiple systems. A radar unit in the bumper has a sensor to reach 250 meters and the angle of 18 degrees, and a range of 70 meters and the angle of 130 degrees. Also located on the dashboard behind the windscreen a stereo camera that records the road markings at a distance up to 100 meters and communicates with Highway Pilot control of the steering.
The system is automated speed is the same as that already used as standard in Daimler’s cars, and the camera used to keep the vehicle in the correct file has been used since in 2008.
When driving at night lit lamps around the grill in a bluish tone when the car drives itself, but changes to yellow and white when the driver takes over.
70 percent of all freight in the US are made by truck. 9.7 billion tonnes transported in this way every year. In half of all US states is a truck driver most common profession.
Studies Daimler commissioned in conjunction with Frost & amp; Sullivan shows that self-driving cars reduces fuel consumption by 5 percent, and to reduce maintenance costs because the automatic driving cars less jerky.
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