automated trucking

[Qxxx]

Report tonight on 60 Minutes about automated driver-less trucking. I mention it here, mainly because the road testing is primarily being done on I-10 between Tucson and the middle of Texas, so people may see this rigs while traveling that corridor.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/driver...dustry-as-soon-as-2021-60-minutes-2020-03-15/

https://www.tusimple.com/

 

[crofter]

That is truly scary.    -crofter

 

[B and C]

Next year in Houston! Yippee! NOT

 

[jacqueg]

That is truly scary.    -crofter

Less scary than watching how some people drive. 

I've seen people traveling down the freeway with a newspaper or magazine spread out on their steering wheel a couple times...

 

[B and C]

I always loved the putting on makeup ones and yes I have seen a newspaper or book.

 

[user 423]

The scariest driving I've ever seen was a lady driving with a year-old baby standing between her and the steering wheel.

No seatbelt of course.

 

[DannyB1954]

It seems hijacking the cargo would be easy. Stop a vehicle in front of it, drop the trailer. Let the truck drive away without the box.

 

[crofter]

@DannyB

I'm sure those are outfitted with anti hijak security and would run right over your rig.

-crofter

 

[B and C]

During trials they will have a human on board for sure. Whether they are awake or not is another story.

 

[DannyB1954]

@DannyB

I'm sure those are outfitted with anti hijak security and would run right over your rig.

-crofter

They will be programmed not to run into things. The truck will not know why something stopped in front of it. It will just know to stop to prevent a collision. Can you imagine what law suits there would be if they were programed to run things over?

 

[jacqueg]

It seems hijacking the cargo would be easy. Stop a vehicle in front of it, drop the trailer. Let the truck drive away without the box.

I rather imagine the folks working to develop this technology will have thought of that...

 

[crofter]

They should require a deadman switch like on a locomotive.
From topmeaning.com: "A switch that automatically stops a machine or vehicle after a set period of inactivity from the operator."

Guy

My laptop has one of those, keeps me out of tons of train wrecks when surfing the net.   crofter