What's crazy is when they get stuck. There are some good videos of them on youtube.
That's been around for years. During a big storm, I'm always half asleep after a 2 or 3 days. Can't remember doing some parking lots, so the loader must be driving it self.Now that these self driving cars are being pushed at us I'm wondering when someone will adapt that technology to the trucks plowing the snow on the streets?
I understand all of that.... But how far can you drive a vehicle without seeing ahead before you freak out?The way I understand it, if you can see the signals are green then you don't have to be able to see anything else. They are not like car traffic signals, you will not get one signal that is green and the next one be red, you will always (hopefully) pass an intervening yellow before you see a red one. Besides that any old freight train cannot stop if some obstruction pops up around the next bend so the plow does not necessarily need to either.
Most trains don't have much for a headlight, so even driving at night could be hairy. Keep in mind that there is no driver in the plow. He might be 2 or 3 cars back, so you can't see anyway.I understand all of that.... But how far can you drive a vehicle without seeing ahead before you freak out?
Funny, your link took me to information about a railroad museum about an hour away from me that I didn't know was there. Up until 1994, they ran an old steam loco with a dining car on an abandoned section of track. An arsonist burnt their shop, and they lost almost everything in 1994. It is just a static display now.
There are 2 or 3 operators in the plow and they are pushed by a locomotives .Most trains don't have much for a headlight, so even driving at night could be hairy. Keep in mind that there is no driver in the plow. He might be 2 or 3 cars back, so you can't see anyway.
Yeah, the video posted above is a perfect example of using a blower. Also obvious in the video that the blower requires a LOT of power to keep it spinning!!!There are 2 or 3 operators in the plow and they are pushed by a locomotives .
Bob