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Letter: Robot truck convoys could be a heavy burden

Published 6 December 2017

David Cooper, London, UK
Proponents of electric truck convoys (25 November, p 22) should consider that their control systems must avoid collapsing the road bridges they cross, before they invest in a technology. As a bridge engineer myself, perhaps I should welcome the prospect of increased business?

Issue no. 3155 published 9 December 2017

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