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That's one of the main reasons why driverless lorries will never be a thing. Unless you accompany each one of them by a weaponised mini-drone, Robocop-style, th

That's one of the main reasons why driverless lorries will never be a thing. Unless you accompany each one of them by a weaponised mini-drone, Robocop-style, that is.

mschuster91 5y ago
Nah. Train robberies have been a thing since shortly after trains were invented, no matter if staff or sometimes even armed guards were present on board.
saberdancer 5y ago
But it doesn't stop us from using trains that get broken into? I doubt it is an important reason. Plus, driverless lorry can just keep on driving to their destination or a safe refueling yard.
alkonaut 5y ago
What difference would a driver do? A driver is instructed to not interefere if robbed. The difference I suppose is that what would otherwise be a robbery could be a mere burglary which could have less legal risk as well as less risk of violence (In the case a driver interferes, against his instructions)
- dheera 5y ago
  That's more for the driver's own safety, as the burglars could have lethal weapons. If it were autonomous it could defend itself and its contents without risk to humans. At the very least with fart spray, pepper spray, itch powder, and the like.
- paganel 5y ago
  It won't be just "one" driver, it would more of them, as in the lorries are usually stopped where other lorries are also stopped (at lorry-specific parking spots, for example) and as such it would be harder for the robbers to confront an "united" (for lack of a better word) pack of drivers. Granted, robberies (and even murders [1]) still happen in those circumstances, too, but give the robbers unattended merchandise sitting by the roadside and then see what will happen. [1] https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/mapamond/au-fost-arestati-doi-barbati-care-l-ar-fi-ucis-in-franta-pe-mihai-soferul-roman-de-tir-1564611 https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/mapamond/au-fost-arestat...
  - alkonaut 5y ago
    I think the deterrence from human drivers comes probably (hopefully) more from the risk of being detected, than from the risk of being stopped. Self driving vehicles would of course lack the human element. But on the other hand - they might not need to stop for rest like human drivers do.
snowgrove 5y ago
*in America. Not a reason why they shouldn’t work in Japan, Switzerland, Norway…

That's one of the main reasons why driverless lorries will never be a thing. Unless you accompany each one of them by a weaponised mini-drone, Robocop-style, that is.

mschuster91 5y ago

Nah. Train robberies have been a thing since shortly after trains were invented, no matter if staff or sometimes even armed guards were present on board.

saberdancer 5y ago

But it doesn't stop us from using trains that get broken into? I doubt it is an important reason. Plus, driverless lorry can just keep on driving to their destination or a safe refueling yard.

alkonaut 5y ago

What difference would a driver do? A driver is instructed to not interefere if robbed. The difference I suppose is that what would otherwise be a robbery could be a mere burglary which could have less legal risk as well as less risk of violence (In the case a driver interferes, against his instructions)

dheera 5y ago
That's more for the driver's own safety, as the burglars could have lethal weapons. If it were autonomous it could defend itself and its contents without risk to humans. At the very least with fart spray, pepper spray, itch powder, and the like.
paganel 5y ago
It won't be just "one" driver, it would more of them, as in the lorries are usually stopped where other lorries are also stopped (at lorry-specific parking spots, for example) and as such it would be harder for the robbers to confront an "united" (for lack of a better word) pack of drivers. Granted, robberies (and even murders [1]) still happen in those circumstances, too, but give the robbers unattended merchandise sitting by the roadside and then see what will happen. [1] https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/mapamond/au-fost-arestati-doi-barbati-care-l-ar-fi-ucis-in-franta-pe-mihai-soferul-roman-de-tir-1564611 https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/mapamond/au-fost-arestat...
- alkonaut 5y ago
  I think the deterrence from human drivers comes probably (hopefully) more from the risk of being detected, than from the risk of being stopped. Self driving vehicles would of course lack the human element. But on the other hand - they might not need to stop for rest like human drivers do.

snowgrove 5y ago

*in America. Not a reason why they shouldn’t work in Japan, Switzerland, Norway…