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Study: Millennial drivers exhibit dangerous behaviors
http://fleetowner.com/driver-manage...m=email&elq2=f513ff7d76d64eb081c989cc8da382be

Group says 88% of young millennials engaged in at least one risky behavior behind the wheel in the past 30 days, earning the top spot of worst behaved U.S. drivers...

...“Alarmingly, some of the drivers ages 19-24 believe that their dangerous driving behavior is acceptable,” Yang said.”
 
Highway Fatalities in 2016 Highest in 10 Years

Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter

"“There are more cars and trucks on the road today than ever,” said Burch, who also serves as chairman of American Trucking Associations. “You’ve got to look at those things.

” If you go back 10 years, there was less technology in cars, he said. Texting is a prime problem, in his view.

“If you really dive deep into those accidents, I think you’re going to find a lot of those drivers being on the telephone, texting while driving,” he said. More cars and more distracting technology equal problems, he said.

“Those are some tough numbers,” Burch said."
 
Trucking exec ‘stuns’ senator with safety stats

http://fleetowner.com/regulations/t...m=email&elq2=2547fdacb67c4b0eafeca0fdf2f6e9d4

"Lofgren quickly emphasized that problem is largely with the greater “motoring public,” and that any review of Schneider truck camera footage could be seen as “a comedy” if it weren’t so serious."

"Lofgren referred to the statistic he cited in his opening testimony: a 69% decrease in rear-end accidents and a 95% reduction in rear-end accident claims cost since installing the collision mitigation system.""
 
Highway Fatalities in 2016 Highest in 10 Years

Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter

"“There are more cars and trucks on the road today than ever,” said Burch, who also serves as chairman of American Trucking Associations. “You’ve got to look at those things.

” If you go back 10 years, there was less technology in cars, he said. Texting is a prime problem, in his view.

“If you really dive deep into those accidents, I think you’re going to find a lot of those drivers being on the telephone, texting while driving,” he said. More cars and more distracting technology equal problems, he said.

“Those are some tough numbers,” Burch said."
Great...more regulations on the way.
 
DeFazio, 15 Other House Democrats Urge Trump to Redo Nafta

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"DeFazio, the ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, included in the resolution a provision on Mexican trucks saying that a new Nafta should return to a limited free trade zone on both sides of the border, where southbound trucks would hand off trailers to Mexican carriers and northbound commercial vehicles would drop trailers for U.S. companies."
 
The simple question about self-driving cars that we still can’t answer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-we-still-cant-answer/?utm_term=.9ffb052743c7

"“[If] I honk my horn, will it do any good?” Harper wanted to know.

Mike Abelson, GM’s vice president of strategy, didn’t have an answer. “We haven’t reached that point of deciding how and whether it would be appropriate for vehicles to react and in which way to honking a horn,” he said.

The brief exchange highlights a massive thorn in the side of automakers and policymakers alike: Self-driving cars will have to share the road with human drivers, likely for decades to come. Those vehicles must therefore respond and adapt to the idiosyncrasies and mistakes of humans behind the wheel."
 
Right..like programmers are perfect. These cars will never cause problems. When I'm finally "rstirred" and driving around doing errands, I'M the problem behind the wheel...
And by the time you're "rstirred", you'll have to watch out for those automated "FedeEx" trucks that'll probably be programmed by ESL people!!
 
The simple question about self-driving cars that we still can’t answer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-we-still-cant-answer/?utm_term=.9ffb052743c7

"“[If] I honk my horn, will it do any good?” Harper wanted to know.

Mike Abelson, GM’s vice president of strategy, didn’t have an answer. “We haven’t reached that point of deciding how and whether it would be appropriate for vehicles to react and in which way to honking a horn,” he said.

The brief exchange highlights a massive thorn in the side of automakers and policymakers alike: Self-driving cars will have to share the road with human drivers, likely for decades to come. Those vehicles must therefore respond and adapt to the idiosyncrasies and mistakes of humans behind the wheel."
The fallacy of the self-driving vehicle is that it is NOT a human being. Nor is it in any way intelligent. These vehicles operate on pre-programmed parameters in response to feedback from sensors.

They will only work as perfect as they say if every vehicle on the road is one of them. And that's only going to happen if the government ever has the nerve to ban all non-autonomous vehicles from the roads.
 
The fallacy of the self-driving vehicle is that it is NOT a human being. Nor is it in any way intelligent. These vehicles operate on pre-programmed parameters in response to feedback from sensors.

They will only work as perfect as they say if every vehicle on the road is one of them. And that's only going to happen if the government ever has the nerve to ban all non-autonomous vehicles from the roads.
True... All of the fantasy improvements in safety and efficiency, touted by advocates, can only occur if/when all vehicles are autonomous. That transition period, 10 years or more, will/would be challenging, at best. People will take advantage of the pre-programmed parameters of the autonomous vehicles and defeat them on a massive scale.
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Danger zone: Truckers stick to their guns despite questions about firearm laws, Overdrive research reveals

http://www.overdriveonline.com/dang...iance-in-gun-laws-overdrive-research-reveals/

"While reason might indicate that those working in such a dangerous occupation should be allowed to carry guns, other factors weigh against that. One is the checkerboard pattern of state laws pertaining to commercial drivers carrying a gun.

The other is that most fleets have zero tolerance for weapons in trucks because the liability is too great. They consider any breach, even by leased drivers, to be a fireable offense. That’s the case even if the driver was carrying the weapon in a state that allows a gun on a commercial truck."

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The fallacy of the self-driving vehicle is that it is NOT a human being. Nor is it in any way intelligent. These vehicles operate on pre-programmed parameters in response to feedback from sensors.

They will only work as perfect as they say if every vehicle on the road is one of them. And that's only going to happen if the government ever has the nerve to ban all non-autonomous vehicles from the roads.
Then it would look like a game of Frogger out there?
 
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