On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:15:28 +0000, bert wrote:


see a "Train" of driverless cars mimicking as they progress on their
virtual "tracks" of a motorway. It might happen to an extent already
as adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist becomes more
popular,

But such cars would act independently and would not gain anything by
being linked into a virtual train

They will save on space required between them when for the portion of
those independent journeys that they are all going in the same
direction for a distance and each individual car is closer than would
be safe with manualy driven ones , no thinking time from human drivers
though it could well seem strange to present drivers who on the whole
get uncomfortable when people Tailgate.
The gain would be by greater through put on roads so if those cars are
not delayed by congestion that would have occured then they will have
gained something .
Now Hugh as given me the proper term have a read.
https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/platoon...-is-lining-up/

Like much of the driverless car concept it may never come about or
happen in a different way but it is one mode of operation that is
being looked at.

G.Harman