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California bill to have human drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governor (apnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.

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[–] Poppa_Mo 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can't believe they bothered to try to pass it. From an outside quick glance, it seems like a brilliant idea. But then you have to remember WHY they're doing this. They want to ship 24x7 and not have to pay a person. Slapping a co-pilot in there is counter-intuitive to their end game. Not to mention humans do NOT have the required attention span for this. We can often do stupid shit, completely sober, while driving, with DECADES of experience.

If the autopilot is even 80% effective, we're going to get bored, sleep, read, fuck around on our devices. Maybe jerk off? Who knows?

We're not ready for this step, not yet.

Bet they'll be needing a lot of mechanics when the time comes, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Let's hope they start making it easier for those mechanics then, lmao.

I used to want to get into the industry, but that stopped when I heard about all of the ridiculous things you have to move around to preform basic maintenance. That was bad before, but now? Woof.

My buddy had to do a recall replacement, that took many hours. The manufacturer however, decided that it should only take less than half of that time, so they only paid him for the time that they wanted to pay for. Not for the actual number of hours that it physically took to disassemble and reassemble the thing, but instead what was convenient to them. Nope.

[–] Cryophilia 2 points 11 months ago

Fun fact: this is illegal in many areas

Another fun fact: most shops just do it anyway