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The exact level of involvement of the driver is an open question, says DaimlerChrysler, but he will not be eliminated. The issue is more how to keep up levels of involvement, whereby he is transformed from a "driver in control" to a "driver in command".

"We believe the human being will maintain his important function in the truck for a long time," says Dr Marwitz.

Speculating on how long it would be before trucks took to the road without a human on board, he guessed between 50 to 100 years.

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