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One Step Closer to Road Trains

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One Step Closer to Road TrainsBack in November 2009 I mentioned the concept of Road Trains being developed in Europe. At the time it was just a concept and everything was mostly tested using simulators. Well not any more. Europe’s SARTRE (SAfe Road TRains for the Environment) project carried out its first successful real-life demonstration of its self-driving technology at Volvo’s proving grounds near Gothenburg, …

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How To Stop Drink Drivers This Festive Season

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How To Stop Drink Drivers This Festive SeasonSo how exactly do you stop drink drivers this festive season? Well, you could tell them straight: Do NOT drink and drive, or you can take a more subtle approach, or at least as subtle as my fellow countrymen characteristically can be...

Yup, a little fear of intimately meeting Bubba or Gatiep or Koos in a dark corner of a prison…

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Night Driving

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Last night, on the way home from work, was the first time I've driven my car in the dark. Once again, I was impressed by the little things.

The automatic dimming interior rear-view mirror is pretty cool and works really well. Bright light coming in through the rear windscreen seems to activate a darkening filter which appears to cut out the…

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