{"id":11054,"date":"2010-03-07T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/road-train-autopilot-saves-money-would-mercifully-restore-driving-while-texting-road-train\/"},"modified":"2010-03-07T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T20:00:00","slug":"road-train-autopilot-saves-money-would-mercifully-restore-driving-while-texting-road-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/road-train-autopilot-saves-money-would-mercifully-restore-driving-while-texting-road-train.php","title":{"rendered":"Road Train Autopilot Saves Money, Would Mercifully Restore Driving-While-Texting [Road Train]"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was only a matter of time before some compulsive texter found a way to get text messaging and driving together again. Called the Road Train<\/a>, it's mean to save fuel, but we know it's true purpose, don't we? [BBC<\/a>]<\/p>

The Road Train is based on drafting, that age-old technique that NASCAR drivers use to make passing easier and that those suicidal Mythbusters proved was legit<\/a> when they coasted 10 feet behind a big rig at constant velocity.<\/p>

In this case, however, the system is automated. Cars opt in and opt out at the driver's convenience, forming a moving, amorphous \"train\" of vehicles that maintain constant speed and distance form one another thanks to software.<\/p>

Unlike many cool ideas\/concepts, this one is actually being tested, right now, in Europe by Ricardo UK.<\/p>

The three-year trial will see seven wireless-linked vehicles traveling the continent as part of an attempt to achieve a 20% fuel consumption reduction per vehicle. Reduced travel times and congestion are also goals.<\/p>

And don't forget texting. We may soon return to a world where texting while driving is just obnoxious, not deadly, as it is today. [BBC<\/a> via Treehugger<\/a>]<\/p>

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