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If low latency, high bandwidth satellite internet becomes common couldn't there be a remote pool of drivers that monitor and take over when needed?
by matt_heimer 5y ago
If low latency, high bandwidth satellite internet becomes common couldn't there be a remote pool of drivers that monitor and take over when needed?
- v-erne 5y agoThat's very interesting way of looking at it - we do not need to fully automate cars to put millions people out of work. If we just create automated assistants (similar to plane autopilots) that takes care of 80% of work we can then create remote driving centers for people (drone pilots) that take over when thinks go wrong. Add some specialized road patrols to handle the on ground problems (changing tires) and driving truck as a job will go from one of the most popular jobs to an outlier.
- d1sxeyes 5y agoLove the idea, but this sounds exceptionally difficult to legislate for and regulate properly. Who is liable in case the remote operator makes a mistake? What if the remote operator does not make a mistake, but the connection is not stable? Do the remote operators need full HGV licences? Could they be outsourced to a third party? A third party in another country?
- v-erne 5y agoAnd what happens when air traffic controller make mistake? Or the terminal malfunctions? This somehow did not limit air travel boom. Those are really minor problems when there are thrillions to be made.
- d1sxeyes 5y ago> And what happens when air traffic controller make mistake Then the human pilots in control of the aeroplanes try not to crash into each other.
- Ekaros 5y agoYou don't even need satellite internet... Realistically power might be biggest issue. Otherwise you can just bury some fiber next or under the road and then use terrestrial solutions. Probably with decent beam forming directionally over the road you don't even need that many base stations.