Trucks leading the way on the road toward self-driving vehicles

Pairs of radar-equipped trucks connected by computer barrelling down the highway about 20 metres apart could be on the long road toward driverless vehicles.
These semi-trailer “platoons” are already allowed in nine American states, with software linking the truck safety systems so they can operate more closely than normal while the drivers handle steering.
The president of Edmonton’s Sil Industrial Minerals says she had hoped early testing of the technology would happen in Albe