DES MOINES — Drivers could begin seeing “connected platoons” of trucks operating on Highway 20 across Iowa as early as this year if legislation allowing the use of adaptive cruise control is approved by the Legislature.
Iowa Department of Transportation Interim Director Mark Lowe said trucking and technology companies are “chomping at the bit” to begin road-testing the cooperative cruise control that would allow up to three trucks to operate as a unit.
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/politics/election/iowa-statehouse/truck-platoons-could-hit-highway-20-this-year-20170222
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