Dick Dastardly
Drat, Double Drat, and Triple Drat!
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Me too!I don't read in that he has any plans of selling out, but I think that XPO will be one of the first to put Driverless Truck's on the road. I is clear that you are a burden to the business!!!
I am glad that I will be out of this business before all of this comes to reality.
It would be preventable and our fault even though we weren't driving!!!10 years? The technology exists today. Does he mean within 10 years human drivers will be for the most part replaced? Who knows? My opinion is that there are too many variables, especially within congested or urban environments. As for interstate highway use, wait until an automated truck kills a family in a minivan. Then what?
Right you are. They will not likely automate the landing gear, so whatever poor soul who cranked up the landing gear on the set would in turn be accountable.It would be preventable and our fault even though we weren't driving!!!
Yes...let me elaborate on that point. Regardless where the technology is, I'm thinking that driverless trucks will not be allowed on the roads until the law figures out who a victim can sue when a driverless truck causes an accident. Does the victim sue the trucking company, the truck manufacturer, the software engineers who designed the program for the truck? I don't think that's been figured out yet.10 years? The technology exists today. Does he mean within 10 years human drivers will be for the most part replaced? Who knows? My opinion is that there are too many variables, especially within congested or urban environments. As for interstate highway use, wait until an automated truck kills a family in a minivan. Then what?
Who will remove the required Abloy lock? Will that be automated too?And even if we get driverless trucks at some point. Will the driverless truck also have a driverless pallet jack to pull the freight to the tail when the customer has a forklift but no dock? Will the driverless truck be able to recoup a spilled skid enroute, prior to the next delivery?
Fuel them. Hook a set. It will happen.Who will remove the required Abloy lock? Will that be automated too?
And if they get rid of engineers on trains and drivers on trucks, we will wait and see how long it takes for a hacker to get into the computer controlling it, and crash it into a building r end of the rail line track... can you imagine a tanker load of flammables running down the road controlled by a hacker? Seems no companies computer systems are safe from hackers now...Freight trains do not need engineers and they still have them. The technology is already there with positive train control. When I see the railroads get rid of engineers it will be a big step closer to autonomous trucks getting rid of some jobs.
REALLY ?!? The first driver for ANY company that says they have an electronic device ( handhelds , diads , whatever ) that doesn't crash or mess up , will make me believe that we can even think about this.And if they get rid of engineers on trains and drivers on trucks, we will wait and see how long it takes for a hacker to get into the computer controlling it, and crash it into a building r end of the rail line track... can you imagine a tanker load of flammables running down the road controlled by a hacker? Seems no companies computer systems are safe from hackers now...
Yes but or road system are way behind. I know how long for a road or bridge to get repaired now you want them to update for driverless trucks. Sorry I can't stop laughing10 years? The technology exists today. Does he mean within 10 years human drivers will be for the most part replaced? Who knows? My opinion is that there are too many variables, especially within congested or urban environments. As for interstate highway use, wait until an automated truck kills a family in a minivan. Then what?
Was he beating his chest like he always does
Why not trains first??? It would look to be easier to do since they are on fixed tracks???And if they get rid of engineers on trains and drivers on trucks, we will wait and see how long it takes for a hacker to get into the computer controlling it, and crash it into a building r end of the rail line track... can you imagine a tanker load of flammables running down the road controlled by a hacker? Seems no companies computer systems are safe from hackers now...