Driverless truck stopped in spectacular Autobahn action

[nitpicker]

https://www.dw.com/en/driverless-truck-stopped-in-spectacular-autobahn-action/a-48682974

Driverless truck stopped in spectacular Autobahn action

Date 10.05.2019

A courageous truck driver and police joined forces on Wednesday evening to bring a runaway 40-ton vehicle to a halt on the German Autobahn, police said. The articulated truck, whose 54-year-old driver had collapsed and died at the wheel, was seen to be crashing repeatedly against the cement median barrier on the A1 highway near the western city of Cologne as it continued rolling at 15 kilometers (9 miles) per hour.

Several truck drivers blocked other road users from approaching the uncontrolled vehicle from behind, while another truck driver and a car driver ran alongside it and attempted to smash the passenger window.

Police then arrived in a patrol van and used their vehicle to slow the truck. The 43-year-old truck driver climbed up to the windshield of the driverless truck from the back bumper of the police car, smashed the glass with a window hammer and clambered into the cabin, where he managed to bring the vehicle to a stop.
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[rampartc]

1. unrelated question

how do these driverless teslas and driverless ubers know to pull over for traffic stops or yield to ambulances?

[safeinOhio]

4. I think there will be a $2.99 app for that

on ITunes.

[Sherman A1]

2. Wow

Some very brave folks and excellent teamwork.

[Bob Loblaw]

3. Fledermausmann

nt

[rusty quoin]

6. Pfeffernussen.

I don’t know what you said but it reminded me of these cookies I made for my son’s German class.

[Bob Loblaw]

9. Gesundheit

Literally bat man. Disclaimer: I had 10 hours of German in college attaining a grade of C-. Ouch.

[crazytown]

5. I thought I would be reading about Uber or Google.

[MrScorpio]

7. Wahnsinn!

[LittleGirl]

8. Wow. Eom