Driven by improvements in safety, mobility and reduced environmental impact, connected and autonomous vehicles are expected to play a major role in ground transportation in the future.

On their own, connected and autonomous vehicles will have a significant impact on road use, combined they potentially are a paradigm shift in how we travel.

They will lead to massively enhanced situational awareness and huge advances in the area of traffic movement predictions, leading to increased personalised recommendations for individual travellers.

But how will this affect highway winter maintenance? There are a lot of unknowns but some key themes are emerging.

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