After several years of fanfare and debate over when and how self-driving commercial vehicles would reach the market, early forms of this technology are beginning to become an option in new trucks.
The first trucks equipped with automated steering features soon will enter production, advancing the trucking industry to a new stage of driver-assistance technology.
The introduction of automatic steering correction and lane centering, combined with adaptive cruise control and collision mitigation capabilities that already are available, will mark the beginning of Level 2 automated driving in mass-produced trucks.
