Volvo's automated convoy system, daddy lets go of the steering wheel behind a truck

[ijyt]

[QUOTE=Tomthetechy;37823526]I have a feeling this would only work in america. England only has about 40 miles of straight road across the country.[/QUOTE]

But this is a European initiative...

[Consie O'Brien]

Why was there a BMW in the convey at 2:19?

[ithon]

[QUOTE=Rausty;37821143]What happens if the truck drives off the road?[/QUOTE]

don't worry it's a volvo....

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA4Pw-UnycU[/media]
ohhh......

[Jin]

What if the truck driver drives off a cliff?

[QUOTE=Consie O'Brien;37825178]Why was there a BMW in the convey at 2:19?[/QUOTE]

BMW drivers always follow that close.

[mutant]

[QUOTE=SuPeR_MaN;37810007]Sweet now i can get drunk while my car drives for me[/QUOTE]
I am ashamed that this is one of my first thoughts when I see self-driving cars.

[ThePinkPanzer]

[QUOTE=squids_eye;37798284]I know this isn't the reason the developers intended it for but it would be useful for stopping pirates.

If anyone could join without requesting they could start to automatically follow a truck, crawl around onto the bonnet of their car, set up a boarding plank to the truck and then loot all the cargo without needing anyone at the wheel.

I wish road pirates were real.[/QUOTE]

[video=youtube;DXOSi39QS58]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXOSi39QS58[/video]

[shian]

I want to be the truck driver and drive off a cliff.

[jill920]

[QUOTE=Techbot;37798283]- enter convoy mode

- go to sleep[/QUOTE]

And then you wake up realizing you're in a different country.

[chinatown]

man when I saw that truck, I thought it would be something like that Knight Rider scene, where the car drives up the moving truck