The article reports about this model of truck, "the first to be cleared to drive on US roads," but I think that is a factually incorrect exaggeration, based on

The article reports about this model of truck, "the first to be cleared to drive on US roads," but I think that is a factually incorrect exaggeration, based on other reporting I have read about this same model of truck. A Washington Post report[1] says, "Daimler’s tractor-trailer, called the Inspiration Truck, relies on cameras and radar to guide itself. It does not use LIDAR, a sensor that is being used by other self-driving vehicle makers such as Google. Like all autonomous vehicles today, the Inspiration Truck has some limitations. It can’t drive on its own during heavy rain, snow or crosswinds above 30 or 40 mph. "Daimler developed a training system for its drivers that Nevada’s department of motor vehicles approved. It’s fairly simple, teaching them how to activate and deactivate the autonomous driving system. It says it picked Nevada because of how thorough its rules are for autonomous vehicles." A thorough National Public Radio report[2] also describes this as a one-state, limited program of experiments. [1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2015/05/06/how-self-driving-tractor-trailers-may-reinvent-what-it-means-to-be-a-truck-driver/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2015/05/0... [2] http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/05/10/405598189/coming-soon-to-a-highway-near-you-a-semi-truck-with-a-brain http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/05/10/405598...