Self-Driving Truck Will Call US-33 Home

The future has finally hit Ohio — starting today a self-driving truck from the automobile company, Otto, will drive a 35-mile stretch of Route 33 between Dublin and East Liberty.

It’ll be driving amongst us, in regular traffic and you won’t even notice. Why? There will technically be a driver behind the wheel — but he’s just there to make sure things don’t go sour.

Route 33 is apparently an integral part of autonomous vehicle research. As a four-lane, divided road it sits outside of the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty. Route 33 is where new tech can be implemented, tested and ultimately used in real-life traffic aided, in part, by a fiber-optic cable network and sensor system.

Gov. John Kasich is scheduled to discuss the investments and various other projects that will support the vehicle research today prior to the truck starting its journey.

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