Under the co-ordination of DaimlerChrysler, CHAUFFEUR 2 was a multi-year demonstration project of future automated road transport, smart adaptive cruise-control, and vision-based lane keeping, using trucks from DaimlerChrysler, IVECO and Renault. Three-truck platoons were demonstrated in which only the leading vehicle is driven by a human driver. The driverless vehicles are operated entirely by electronic control, and they follow the leading vehicle at a very close, but safe, distance. Members of a European consortium of automotive and engineering experts contributed multiple technologies for the CHAUFFEUR project, such as active braking and steering, an electronically controlled drivetrain, video-based sensor modules and 5.8 GHz vehicle-to-vehicle communications. A safety-critical Vehicle Controller (VC) interfaces with the various CHAUFFEUR subsystems.