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Committee weighs limited rules for autonomous "platooning" trucks, DOT seeks tighter guardrails
Summary
The House Transportation Committee heard House Bill 97 to establish permitting and safety standards for platooning — connected, partially autonomous truck convoys — with DOT asking for codified limits and labor and safety groups urging caution or defeat.
The House Transportation Committee heard House Bill 97, sponsored by Representative Wirth, which would authorize rules and permits for platooning — where a human-driven lead truck and one or more following trucks communicate so that trailing vehicles operate with reduced human control.
Rep. Wirth told the committee the bill "is a bill setting some guidelines on platooning." Senator Dan Loge, a proponent, said the measure is intended to enable controlled testing and permitting without banning the technology, and to provide safety guardrails adapted to Montana conditions.
The Montana Department of Transportation expressed conditional…
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