DriveOhio's Rural Automated Driving Systems (ADS) will soon deploy automated vehicles in SE and Central Ohio to gather data.
One Deployment will include three passenger vehicles on divided highways and rural 2-lane roads in Athens and Vinton counties.
The second deployment takes things up a notch: Two - 53ft tractor trailers, with technology that enables them to travel close together at highway speeds and radar to detect other vehicles.
They'll be deployed on the 35-mile US 33 Smart Mobility Corridor, with a private fleet using the trucks in their day-to-day business later this year.
During all of these tests, a professional driver will be in the passenger seat with hands on the wheel at all times, ya know, just in case.
Will the vehicles be equipped with horns as well?
Read more HERE.
