All Commercial Driving Will Soon Be Local

Works for me, I'm already local.

 

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"Why can't all but the last few miles be driverless even if a skilled driver is needed some step of the way for safety reasons?"


I believe this is referred to "Intermodal" in North America .............. just sayin ..



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This will work for a couple of weeks... until the top-notch fleet maintenance kicks in, and one of those things runs amok.

 

AMOK - Perfect - I love it !!

[h=1]amok[/h] Line breaks: amokPronunciation: /əˈmɒk
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(also amuck) [h=2]Definition of amok in English:[/h] [h=3]adverb[/h] (in phrase run amok)Behave uncontrollably and disruptively: stone-throwing anarchists were running amok More example sentences

• Countries around the world are facing the problem of anarchists running amok.
• Dozens of riot police ran amok in a housing complex here on Tuesday following a minor accident involving an officer and a local resident, leaving five people wounded.
• Do staff members try to make up for the lack of rampaging aliens by occasionally running amok themselves?
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Synonymsgo berserk, get out of control, rampage, run riot, riot, rush wildly/madly about, go on the rampage;
storm, charge;
behave like a maniac, behave wildly, behave uncontrollably;
become violent, become destructive;
go mad, go crazy, go insane
informal steam, raise hell
North American informal go postal
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[h=3]Origin[/h] mid 17th century: via Portuguese amouco, from Malay amok 'rushing in a frenzy'. Early use was as a noun denoting a Malay in a homicidal frenzy.
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• If someone runs amok they rush about behaving uncontrollably and disruptively. The word amok comes via Portuguese from a Malay word amuk meaning ‘fighting furiously’ or ‘rushing in a frenzy’. It was first used in English in the 17th century, referring to a Malay person in a murderous frenzy after taking opium.

 

Dont we already have this with the railroad?
What happens when the computer malfunctions?

 

They cant even get the auto breaking right as it is road grim messes up the sensors loose debris knock one out. They catch ghosts or shadows and apply breaks sometimes way to hard.
Talk about a securment failure with roads that have more patchs than actual pavment straps chains jar loose straps break without drivers it would be a nightmare. And its scary enough as it is.

 

Don't airplanes pretty well fly themselves but we continue to have a pilot, sometimes multiple pilots on long flights? Would the public want to get on an airplane with nobody at the "wheel"? I think the same will go for trucks. Also, there are a myriad of other issues with driverless trucks, the biggest in my mind is who gets to hold the blame when the technology screws up? If a truck is suddenly on an icy stretch, realizes it is not going to stop in time for the slow car in front, and has to choose the best option may be to drive itself into the ditch, how will it determine that?

I am not too worried about trucking jobs going away any time soon.

 

I am still waiting for a chance to buy my flying car. Popular Science had one on the cover back in 1949, but I can't seem to find any dealers....

 

No unmanned trains yet but probably a matter of time. 2 man crews are still the federal law with freight.