Autonomous Trucks
"There's still some way to go, but that's not to say the technology's not there," he said. Picture: ShutterstockâThere is a lot of the transport environment at the moment that's not suitable for automated technology to fully take over in all conditions. The transport system is really complex - lots of different people, different types of vehicles and vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists. George Hazel, a transport consultant based in Scotland, said: "In complex urban situations, I think we'll see gradual, incremental change. That allows those people to be deployed to provide a better value-added service to the customer and to do things more efficiently.