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> You truly live in a tech industry bubble if you think most people would side with mass unemployment of truck drivers Radical idea here: How about some places
by mannerheim 3y ago
> You truly live in a tech industry bubble if you think most people would side with mass unemployment of truck drivers
Radical idea here: How about some places accept autonomous trucks, and some places accept human-operated ones, and then customers can choose which places they frequent? If they truly would side with truck drivers, they should go to stores that only used human-operated trucks without the need for legislation, right?
- Animats 3y agoThe most likely first adopters are probably FedEx or UPS, which have huge numbers of heavy trucks which operate only between their internal distribution hubs. This will require infrastructure at the endpoints, to get trucks directed to the correct loading dock, backed into place, and docked. They'll also need fueling, washing, and maintenance. Random trucks between random points are a ways off.
- jedberg 3y agoMost automated trucking scenarios are similar to the harbor pilot method ships use. The automated driving would be on the highway, and the local pilot would take over when it arrived at the gate to get it into the right loading bay and back out again.