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Will self driving trucks hit the roads with nobody on board or will they keep a human supervisor? (self.technology)

submitted 7 months ago by FortuneMisteller to c/technology

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According to the news self driving trucks are about to hit the road with no driver on board.

But according to this book that is not going to happen. The author says that the real purpose is to get rid of the skilled drivers and replace them with underpaid button pushers.

Will they really do that? What's going to be the situation few years from now?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

robo-convoys

You mean like trains?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Can't get a train track to every single depot and loading dock in the country that receives shipments (which is like, practically every big box store and warehouse there is). There has to be a handover at some point.

Edit: also not a big fan of the train system in the US, since the vast majority of rail is privately owned. The operators have too much control. They'll charge towns extra to put automated crossing guards on their rail and then keep charging them for its maintenance. The jurisdiction can't use their own third party workers to maintain it. The railroads are legally only required to put up a sign. It's extortion if you ask me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Trains are only a good idea in tubes now. There was a memo about it a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Only less efficient.