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Absolutely. Having so many drivers, and so much custom hardware, leads to a cascade of additional employees and expense for legacy transit systems. A transit sy
by xnx 2y ago
Absolutely. Having so many drivers, and so much custom hardware, leads to a cascade of additional employees and expense for legacy transit systems. A transit system (self-driving cars) oriented around driverless vehicles and very lightweight support infrastructure (distributed charging, cleaning, repairs) can be much more cost efficient and agile.
- xethos 2y agoI mean sure, drivers need support, but getting rid of drivers increases the support requirements. Drivers perform the legally-required pre-trip every time they leave the yard. This finds things that must be fixed. The coach will then spend 12-28 hours on the road (across multiple drivers), with a driver making sure anything that feels off gets reported. I've dealt with self-reporting systems in this area, and I do not have the words to tell you how much less I trust self-reporting than an 8 hour test-drive by someone that knows the bus. This skips over all the local police's missing person reports that show up for every driver that can help. Completely unrelated to the job of driving - but when it's my kid that doesn't come home, arguably more important to me. Drivers are sticking around, and I think a lot of people are confused about how much they do to keep things running