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Media-Insert Communications

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THE UK government gave the green light in March’s Budget for trials of self-driving trucks, confirming media reports that appeared earlier in the month that they would be tested on a quiet stretch of the M6 motorway in Cumbria.

The trials will consider the viability of platooning lorries in a convoy of up to ten HGVs, which is led by a driver in the leading truck. In the budget the government says it wants the UK to become “a global centre for excellence in both connected and autonomous vehicles”, and so even driverless cars will be trialled on UK roads by 2017.

Graham Jarvis takes a closer look. Discover more by reading the complete article. Publication: Financial Director. Published on 5th April 2016.

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