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> which is pretty straightforward The problem is that trucks are one of the things that needs to be right essentially every time. If a truck is right 99.9% of
by momokoko 6y ago
> which is pretty straightforward
The problem is that trucks are one of the things that needs to be right essentially every time. If a truck is right 99.9% of the time it is doing considerably worse from a financial liability standpoint than a truck driver.
One truck accident of any severity will incur liability expenses in the millions and often tens of millions of dollars. And with automated trucks there are no owner operators to externalize that liability to.
Outsourcing truck driving via tele-driving on the other hand, seems incredibly likely if regulatory questions can be answered.
- wpietri 6y agoIt doesn't have to be right; it just has to fail safely and then wait for a driver to take over, which is a much easier problem. Waymo has been pioneering that approach for a while and it seems like it's working for them.