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Does the self driving truck have any kind of security? Given that there is a "do no harm" program embedded into the driving "subroutines", is there anything tha

Does the self driving truck have any kind of security? Given that there is a "do no harm" program embedded into the driving "subroutines", is there anything that prevents thieves from essentially surrounding the truck and robbing it in the middle of nowhere? Edit: To clarify I mean - in a hypothetical situation where it is ever driverless, couldnt 10 of us surround it, while I walk in and commandeer it, disable GPS and drive off ?

RoyTyrell 9y ago
The movie Solar Crisis already covered this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i729rZWTmDo#t=30m22s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i729rZWTmDo#t=30m22s
dsfyu404ed 9y ago
You can already do that to a normal truck. It's not really a problem. It'll be rare enough to fall under the umbrella of "that's what insurance is for"
Gaelan 9y ago
I mean, if 10 people surrounded a truck with a single human driver, they'd probably be able to drive off with it too.
inverse_pi 9y ago
What prevents 10 of us from surrounding a real truck, walking in, forcing the driver out and driving off? https://xkcd.com/1958/ https://xkcd.com/1958/
- fareesh 9y ago
  I guess we are presuming that drivers wouldn't simply step on the gas in that kind of situation. Also I suspect the absence of a human being in the situation would psychologically make the theft feel "less wrong" to many would-be criminals.
Digit-Al 9y ago
A future 'true' driverless truck would likely not have any human controls. Or the controls would be computer locked and would require a code to be activated.
deweller 9y ago
I imagine these trucks would phone home immediately and warn an operator that they had unexpectedly stopped. And I'm sure they continually log their GPS location with a server somewhere. They likely have some level of video feed being logged as well. You probably won't be able to steal the truck and get away with it any easier than you could a human-driven truck.

RoyTyrell 9y ago

The movie Solar Crisis already covered this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i729rZWTmDo#t=30m22s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i729rZWTmDo#t=30m22s

dsfyu404ed 9y ago

You can already do that to a normal truck. It's not really a problem. It'll be rare enough to fall under the umbrella of "that's what insurance is for"

Gaelan 9y ago

I mean, if 10 people surrounded a truck with a single human driver, they'd probably be able to drive off with it too.

inverse_pi 9y ago

What prevents 10 of us from surrounding a real truck, walking in, forcing the driver out and driving off? https://xkcd.com/1958/ https://xkcd.com/1958/

fareesh 9y ago
I guess we are presuming that drivers wouldn't simply step on the gas in that kind of situation. Also I suspect the absence of a human being in the situation would psychologically make the theft feel "less wrong" to many would-be criminals.

Digit-Al 9y ago

A future 'true' driverless truck would likely not have any human controls. Or the controls would be computer locked and would require a code to be activated.

deweller 9y ago

I imagine these trucks would phone home immediately and warn an operator that they had unexpectedly stopped. And I'm sure they continually log their GPS location with a server somewhere. They likely have some level of video feed being logged as well. You probably won't be able to steal the truck and get away with it any easier than you could a human-driven truck.