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Simple solution: Ban self-driving trucks. I'm surprised that in the land of (apparently ) limitless legal liabilities, so many people are bullish on self-drivi
by galacticpony 10y ago
Simple solution: Ban self-driving trucks.
I'm surprised that in the land of (apparently ) limitless legal liabilities, so many people are bullish on self-driving cars, let alone self-driving trucks.
You should be highly concerned that the push towards this by big players is going to lead to laws where ultimately nobody will have to take up personal responsibility for accidents anymore.
- brianwawok 10y agoGrandparents killed by truck driver on speed. Robot drivers can't get her soon enough.
- convolvatron 10y agoits surprising this isn't mentioned more often. truck drivers do meth. its the only way for them to stay focussed and awake driving across country. so, from both sides, we have drivers with long term substance abuse problems controlling really heavy metal whacked out of their skulls. and we have an economy which can only function by effectively ruining people's lives by turning them into machines. if we were a remotely moral society we would be horrified
- brianwawok 10y agoI THINK that truck driver on speed use is down since log book tampering has gotten harder over the years, but I am sure it is not perfect. If you can only work 11 hours a day and need a day off every 3 days of work, less incentive to speed.
- planteen 10y agoThere need to be more safety systems on trucks driven by people today. I was on I-80 in western Nebraska last weekend. The road was closed for hours after a distracted semi driver slammed into cars slowing down in a construction zone. 6 people were killed. I get alerts for I-70 in Colorado. The number of semis that jack knife in winter is terrifying.