Is saving money more important then saving lives? Is it a good idea to have 80,000 lb trucks tailgating
each other to save fuel? Have the people who came up with this idea ever heard of the SMITH SYSTEM
of driving? I wonder how many truck drivers will read this article and decide that tailgating is a great way
to save fuel? The last I heard following another vehicle to closely is a serious driving violation and will get
you a serious traffic citation including PSP points and a big fine. And no I don't trust technology that much.
When you start trusting a machine to make decisions for you your going to regret it sooner or later.
'Drafting' technology for semi-trucks debuts on Utah roads
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I guess you haven't noticed how many dense people have a CDL these days. No I am not afraid to fly, I have
flown in Helicopters in the Army and on commercial Airlines many times. If the Airlines had a safety record
comparable to the trucking industry I can guarantee you that not many people would be flying in Airliners. The
size and computing power of a computer is meaningless in regards to the safe operation of a tractor trailer.
A computer can't think, it can not make a judgement when something it's not programmed to deal with occurs.
Computers and phones can malfunction and be hacked or manipulated by third parties with malevolent intentions.
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If computers are the answer to all safety issues why do Airplanes crash? Did a computer tell them what
happened to that Malaysian Airliner that disappeared over the Indian Ocean last year? Wasn't it a computer
malfunction that caused that Air France jet to crash a few years ago into the South Atlantic Ocean off the
coast of Brazil? I understand quite a bit about driving trucks. I've been driving them for 20 years. I will be
long retired before they ever develop computers that can safely and reliably replace a human being behind
the wheel. computers frequently malfunction when least expected. That's why Airplanes have pilots and
Copilots. Would you fly in an Airplane controlled by a computer with no flight crew in case it malfunctioned? -
There's all kinds of information available to ATCs, and it still takes a human to keep the planes from running into each other...
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Actually, no.....the computers keep planes from crashing into each other with human interface. Also, nobody is talking about computers replacing drivers. Watching you guys panic is actually simultaneously funny and sad. Technology will advance no matter how much you kick and scream and regardless how you feel it is actually a good thing.
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The H Bomb was an advancement over the A Bomb. Was that a good thing too?
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