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> On top of that, I doubt any human trucker is defending their load against two humans with shotguns, and that doesn't happen today enough to make the news. Tr
by jpitz 7y ago
> On top of that, I doubt any human trucker is defending their load against two humans with shotguns, and that doesn't happen today enough to make the news.
True, but if you aren't assaulting / endangering a driver, then the crime is lower-risk.
- danans 7y agoBut if you are robbing an autonomous vehicle, you're probably going to be recorded doing it, and fleeing, which raises your risk because it leaves a pretty strong evidence trail. Yes, ski masks can be used to obscure your face, but car makes can be tracked if the getaway car has no plates. If this becomes a frequent enough issue to matter economically, then perhaps we should start looking into what incentivizes stuff like that in the first place, and deal with it.
- kortilla 7y agoA getaway car isn’t needed, you just amble away and walk two miles the other direction.
- petre 7y agoThe thiefs use a laser to blind the cameras. Or a mirror to reflect the sun. Or spray paint. Or a smokescreen. Or other solutions. Easy.
- dodobirdlord 7y ago> The thiefs use a laser to blind the cameras. Or a mirror to reflect the sun. Or spray paint. Or a smokescreen. Or other solutions. Easy. None of these would work, except maybe "other solutions".
- agildehaus 7y agoA self-driving vehicle will have far, far more sensing than any of today's trucks. Someone will know you're robbing them the moment you start, know where you are, be able to watch the entire event as it happens, and every ounce of it will be recorded.
- kortilla 7y agoAnd none of that will matter because they will just have a video of someone in a ski mask robbing a truck and walking away.
- imtringued 7y agoWalk away with 20 tons of stolen goods? How are you going to accomplish that? Why not do something interesting like reprogram a whole fleet of cargo trucks to deliver the cargo to the wrong destination?
- dodobirdlord 7y agoRobbing a truck of what? Trucks are full of heavy stuff that's not particularly valuable. Were it otherwise it wouldn't get shipped in an unguarded truck.
- kortilla 7y agoiPhones are not shipped in a guarded truck.