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Few years back there were news about self driving trucks replacing, or as some like to say “freeing”, truck drivers. The news agencies and the corpos paying the
by gumballindie 3y ago
Few years back there were news about self driving trucks replacing, or as some like to say “freeing”, truck drivers. The news agencies and the corpos paying them assured us this would happen in two to three years. What happened?
- foota 3y agoPartially, California said no: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelharley/2023/06/07/california-assembly-passes-bill-prohibiting-autonomous-trucks-on-states-roads-without-drivers/amp/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelharley/2023/06/07/califo...
- gumballindie 3y agoI see, California has sane people in government. At least judging by this topic.
- jjk166 3y agoTruck drivers do a lot more than just turn a steering wheel. While autonomous driving might alter hiring in the field (especially if it gets to the point where you don't need someone with a CDL to do those tasks), it's unlikely that the number of people employed in trucking is going down anytime soon.
- TulliusCicero 3y ago> The news agencies and the corpos paying them assured us this would happen in two to three years. What happened? I've been following self driving cars pretty closely, and I've never seen this as a consensus opinion outside of Elon Musk types.