Driverless cars are soon a reality

As a solution to the problem of our future transportations, more and more companies are working on driverless trucks.
The idea is that the trucks will drive themselves using autopilot.
When this topic surfaced a few years ago, I thought it was impossible.
But now I am absolutely certain it is possible.

The book 1984 was recently discussed in one of the morning shows on television. When it was published in 1949, it was considered science fiction. The people in the morning show concluded that the world more or less has turned out just as George Orwell predicted. This is particularly true when considering all the cameras that photograph us all the time, "Big Brother is watching you".

Now there are driverless vehicles, which can be seen as an extension of this science fiction reasoning. Volvo and other car manufacturing companies have already presented their prototypes of cars that drive themselves. But not many people know that there already are driverless trucks. In the US, Daimler now has permission to try their driverless semitrailer in the state of Nevada.

The new Daimler Freightliner is designed and equipped to be able to run itself on motorways. A human driver will have full control of the vehicle in city traffic.
The semitrailer will drive in a separate lane from other vehicles and radar sensors and cameras will keep an eye on the surrounding traffic.
The main advantage of this type of vehicle, according to the manufacturer, is that drivers will be more productive and less tired.
For example, while at the same time the truck is driving on the highway the driver can do necessary paperwork in a safe manner, or plan his or her next trip.

These trucks will also be able to use less fuel.
As one can see, research and development has come a long way.
Therefore, a lot points to the fact that we will see trucks driving themselves sooner than people may think.
Consequently, you cannot avoid drawing parallels to the novel 1984.