When it comes to personal safety, the time-tested adage “know your surroundings” is sound advice. Whether it’s walking down a dark street or driving in heavy traffic, the more you know about what’s around you, the more quickly you can react to changing conditions.

Perhaps no technology has captured so much attention so quickly in the trucking industry as automated driving and platooning systems.

Trucking is more than a century in age, and the technological advances seen in the past 50 years have been most astonishing.