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Pioneer or guinea pig?' Central Texas highway testing tech for driverless trucks (February 2024)
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... There's a decent chance you've traveled next to a self-driving 18-wheeler on a Texas interstate.
The reason you may not have noticed, said Mike Arellano, is because they travel with backup drivers sitting in the seats -- not controlling the wheel but ready to take over in case of a problem. Arellano is the Austin deputy district engineer with the Texas Department of Transportation and is helping lead the charge to keep up with -- and enhance -- the technology used in vehicles on Texas roads.
TxDOT is rolling out a "smart freight corridor" on a 21-mile stretch of State Highway 130 from Georgetown to Del Valle, Arellano explained.
The focus of the project, announced in November 2023, is to install technology along the highway that self-driving vehicles can access to travel more safely. Sensors, cameras and other equipment mounted on poles spaced roughly 650 feet apart will provide real-time notifications about road conditions. ...
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