burnthebox Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Hi don't know if this has been covered but if not it's worth looking at now, China's Rubber Tyred Train, on trial... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4565992/China-unveils-track-train-runs-virtual-rails.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Hi don't know if this has been covered but if not it's worth looking at now, China's Rubber Tyred Train, on trial... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4565992/China-unveils-track-train-runs-virtual-rails.html Hi Paul. Interesting, but is that not just a bus running on a dedicated bus lane? Specifically a bendy bus, which have been around for a while. Noel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Hi Paul We used to have them here, two coach, but they kept crashing into things and they removed them... Eoin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarabuses Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Hi Paul We used to have them here, two coach, but they kept crashing into things and they removed them... Eoin Well, something like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnthebox Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Watch them running next year in China....& there're called Trains, watch this space..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Do we need the driver? Couldn't we just bury a wire in the road and "Faller" the whole thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 A bendy-bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Meanwhle in the UK the Department of Transport is planning to start trialing platoons of driverless trucks next year. https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/25/uk-platooning-trials/ Potentially major threat to workers whoes livliehoods are dependent on the trucking industry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) I suppose it barely meets the definition of a train in the sense of a convoy, etc but generally a train is something that is hauled, propelled or self-propelled on a railway, that last part being conspicuously absent in this case. Thinking about it, John's example probably meets the definition of a train, virtual rails and virtual couplings! Edited September 5, 2017 by DiveController Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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