{"id":3855,"date":"2017-08-25T01:01:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T23:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/08\/25\/semi-automated-truck-convoys-get-green-light-for-uk-trials\/"},"modified":"2017-08-25T01:01:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T23:01:33","slug":"semi-automated-truck-convoys-get-green-light-for-uk-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=3855","title":{"rendered":"Semi-automated truck convoys get green light for UK trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government allocates \u00a38.1m to trials of \u2018platooning\u2019 which proponents say could cut congestion and hauliers\u2019 fuel costsThe government has given the go-ahead for the first trials of convoys of semi-automated trucks on UK motorways.Up to three wirelessly connected HGVs will travel in convoy, with acceleration, braking and steering controlled by the lead vehicle, a concept named platooning. Each lorry will have a driver in the cab ready to retake control at any time. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2017\/aug\/25\/semi-automated-truck-convoy-trials-get-uk-go-ahead-platooning\" target=\"_blank\">Semi-automated truck convoys get green light for UK trials<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government allocates \u00a38.1m to trials of \u2018platooning\u2019 which proponents say could cut congestion and hauliers\u2019 fuel costsThe government has given the go-ahead for the first trials of convoys of semi-automated trucks on UK motorways.Up to three wirelessly connected HGVs will travel in convoy, with acceleration, braking and steering controlled by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}