Platooning? What's that

Jil McIntosh of METRO CANADA recently reported on a new development at Volvo in Sweden. In her article, according to Dr Erik Coelingh, the new system partly relies on technology actively deployed in Volvos already. Using active cruise control and blind spot monitoring and cars linked with a communication system, groups of cars will form a convoy, with a trained operator in the lead car. The journey will allow the drivers of following cars to drive hands free, "while you sip your coffee, check your emails or maybe even play cards with your passengers" according to the story.

It is possible that platooning could be available in 10 years.