Road Trains?

[shillelagh]

Does this make sense to you?

BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Road trains' get ready to roll


Road trains that link vehicles together using wireless sensors could soon be on European roads.

 

[lancsdave]

Makes sense to me but can't see it becoming reality. Maybe they should use the infrastructure we have already and develop a motorail system which is cheap and easy to use.

 

[SPUGGIE J]

Great in theory but in practice the technology needs to advance a bit before it could work. Besides how many drivers would want to drive but not drive their cars?

 

[steeljack]

just more Govt. control over our lives , having people behave like sheep .

 

[Morecambe Ex Pat]

and who would design such a system?
Microsoft - sheesh, that would make the roads quieter!

 

[SPUGGIE J]

just more Govt. control over our lives , having people behave like sheep .

The irony being that at the moment they are celebrating the Berlin Wall coming down. The sheep will realise what's happening and rebel.