First "Autonomous" Truck hits the road in Nevada

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  1. DonRobbie

    DonRobbie Medium Load Member

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  3. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    It seems so lonely to drive down a highway with no one on board
     
  4. stevep1977

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    So when the autonomous truck kills a family of 7 instead of the driver they'll blame the computer programmer. Either way it's a humans fault.
     
  5. mc8541ss

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    So 90% of the deaths are caused by operator error! I think the forgot to mention that it is the operator of the 4 wheelers who cause most of the accidents. So when the truck can't see the white line it's going to stop? I just wander how many accidents that will cause. What will happen in const zones? They have a hard enough time with the electronics that keep a truck running and all the lights and other gizmos working. Seems these would need to be perfected before they start letting one drive itself.
     
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    In 2012 in the US, 330,000 large trucks were involved in crashes that killed nearly 4,000 people, most of them in passenger cars. About 90 percent of those were caused by driver error.


    Funny they didn't mention WHICH driver erred
     
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  7. DonRobbie

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    What ought to be hilarious (in a morbid way) is construction zones. Lane markings don't always get perfectly removed or reapplied and the truck stopping to do a blue screen of death will cause at best a backup and at worse a massive chain reaction crash. Not to mention the terrorism/vandalism possibilities.
     
  8. joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Let's try that again....

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    I've seen a variation of this truck in Oregon, not the self driving one but the front end is where the Cascadia styling is going. They have a sleeper and a day cab running through Oregon around the Portland area that they are testing.
     
  9. STexan

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    It's important to note and re-emphasize that no one is currently advocating for "truly driverless" trucks. A driver would still be in the drivers seat, during autonomous operation or not, and as such the driver is still responsible for safe operation of the vehicle. Mot unlike how most commercial jetliners are flown autonomously during the cross-country portion of the trip the last 20 years.
     
  10. DonRobbie

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    I dunno, how many guys deliver bridges every year because the "GPS told them to" and that's with them actively driving the truck.

    I'm also worried that the only time drivers will be actively in control of the truck is in the most demanding driving situations. Part of what enables an experienced driver to deal with these situations is the muscle memory and familiarity with the truck developed by day in day out truck handling.
     
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