longhaullounger
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Just a pinch between the cheek and gum.
FedEx Freight | Fedex tests autonomous trucks
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I'd like to see them back into a skyscraper dock on Lower Wacker Dr.
Seriouslydude
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Those are rookie stats. Aim high, like half a can lol
1984Sideways
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I can see us in 20 years. We dont have truck drivers or the licensing for same. Robots take care of all that now.
Then what?
Then what?
Seriouslydude
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I'm not going to get to see that Brother .
1984Sideways
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Me neither.
In some ways I think thats a good thing. Life is something to enjoy. I hope lord willing we all will have something out of it however long we live.
I hate to say this but in some ways I do not like what I am seeing in terms of technology evolving in ways that does not serve People. So I push back a little bit.
Crazy Trucker
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Will they give the robots decent raises?
Was it all those dang hotdogs you ate????….
They have been testing these s##t vehicles out here for years. Everyone knows to avoid them.They also have run someone over and killed one. But here's the beauty, was blamed on the human space taker upper, not reacting fast enough. Oh yeah the car tho is fine. Drivers have to be on standby, because their new toys can't handle any adverse weather. Can't make this up!
Streaker69
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As long as they're not in a B terminal
Crazy Trucker
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And vaccinated
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Just falling apart from years of LTL abuse .
Too many things to fix at this point Brother.
truckingBORED
Careering down the road to AUTONOMY!
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Our raise went to buy them and our health insurance is being tailored to suit their needs.
Two shoulder surgeries and one hernia operation so far for me.
longhaullounger
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Spoiler alert: THEY WON'T.
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Hell, my truck's speed sensors and frontal radar go bonkers when it comes a steady rain. Guess what you lose when those go out? For starters, your truck no longer automatically backs off the throttle on cruise when you get within 3.5 seconds of a slower vehicle. Then you lose hill start assist (so the truck will roll backwards if you're easing into the throttle to try to keep from spinning the drives on wet, greasy pavement). Then you lose traction control, which is required for all sorts of stuff including roll prevention and anti-lock brakes. Basically, all of the systems that make autonomous trucks theoretically possible no longer work -- in a regular damned rain! And they want you to believe, that these systems are gonna allow a truck to drive itself!
1984Sideways
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Or on straight ice in a wet drizzle at freezing fog coming up on a 10% downgrade that includes a 10mph 220 degree turnback at 14%. then run downgrade in a variety of curves and hills, any of which can put you into the trees.
I remember a T intersection at the bottom near Bethlehelm PA a river ran beside it. That rig almost did not stop. 60,000 pounds of export in the can. I dumped my air on that one and had the springs make the stop.