Posted on 11/14/2017 3:11:58 PM PST by bananaman22
While Google’s Waymo company has taken center stage for bringing self-driving cars to roads, autonomous trucking may make it to the mainstream first.
Silicon Valley startups, technologists, and venture capitalists see great potential in the technology—even more than most traditional trucking companies are supporting.
CB Insight, which tracks venture capital, reports that companies will place about $1 billion in commercial truck autonomous systems this year, 10 times the level of spending three years ago.
Goldman Sachs economists predicted that trucking will shed about 300,000 jobs per year starting in about 25 years. That may begin sooner than anticipated if automated trucking clears government hurdles and technology innovations—and becomes widely adopted by trucking companies.
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So the bees have something to aim for.
Will they be easier to hijack? A van load of cigarettes, pharmacuticals, or how about Viagra?
I was involved with the BNSF Positive Train Control project. You’re absolutely correct.
I guess in case they have to override the system, in case of malfunction or whatever.
Not too worried.
After about the 3rd major “automated” accident, they’ll be back at the drawing board for another 3 years.
What? How do you hijack an autonomous driving truck? There’s no steering wheel. There’s no gas pedal. You can’t “drive” it in the conventional manner. It goes where its programmed to go.
The funeral staff and florists will see only a temporary delay in their business,
But accident injury lawyers, auto body shops, traffic cops, and traffic courts will all be dramatically reduced.
Hate it for them! :)
Also, disabilty claims, disability lawyers, the list is long and none of it adds an ounce of wealth to the economy.
Hijack is the wrong word. Maybe “loot” would be better. Blow out its tires or force it off the road, open it, take the stuff inside.
We don’t have elevator or switchboard operators.
we don’t have buggy whip manufactures.
Disruptive technology is GOOD.
We don’t have elevator or switchboard operators.
we don’t have buggy whip manufactures.
Disruptive technology is GOOD.
There will not be automated cars or trucks. The road conditions and human drivers are too diverse to cope with.
The secret truth in Trucking is, it is now common that Drivers and Safety managers have shouting matches because the Robot Driving Gadgets are very unsafe putting the Driver’s life at risk.
Safety Managers are incredibly ignorant about technology, are constantly falsely accusing Drivers of the damage caused by their dangerous Gadgets instead. Truck driving is beyond a hostile workplace. Govt regulators are careless, Safety personnel are inept.
But, but, robots are the next utopia, I was told. LMAO
Shouting matches are now common. If the Driver is not shouting at safety, he is their next blame victim for the faulty robot.
When the salesman says the gadget is an ANTI-COLLISION device, correct them, instead call it a PRO-COLLISION device.
They just randomly choose which faults to hide.
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