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In systems that are safety-critical? Yikes. The reason we now have electronic tracking of freight truckers is because they used to be notorious for taking uppe

In systems that are safety-critical? Yikes. The reason we now have electronic tracking of freight truckers is because they used to be notorious for taking uppers and driving as long as possible, causing all sorts of nasty accidents. That isn't ingenuity, that's selfish greed, both on the part of the driver and the dispatch companies employing them.

wonder_er 5y ago
> That isn't ingenuity, that's selfish greed, both on the part of the driver and the dispatch companies employing them. I believe it's "selfish greed" on behalf of the company, but a reasonable response to difficult constraints, on behalf of the driver.
- short12 5y ago
  Massively endangering others by the thousands is not a reasonable response just so they can shave a few hours off their trip
  - ashtonkem 5y ago
    I think the argument more is that truckers ignore safety rules around maximum hours out of perceived (or actual) economic necessity.
animal_spirits 5y ago
Exactly. I want absolutely zero gray areas when I'm on a highway in the middle of Indiana at night and cross paths with at least a few hundred semi trucks. The less gray the better.
- brianwawok 5y ago
  Hey some of us live here :)
- chiefalchemist 5y ago
  To your point, a few winters ago I was driving up the NY Northway (north of Albany) in January, in a heavy snow storm, and cargo trucks were consistently passing me at 70+ mph. One deer or one owl into traffic...it would have been a complete charlie foxtrot.