60 minutes KINGS OF THE ROADS driverless trucks

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by snowwy, Aug 15, 2021.

  1. BigBob410

    BigBob410 Road Train Member

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    Anybody give any thought to what happens when hackers get in the system and wreak havoc?
     
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  3. jamespmack

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    You mean like the jeeps they took command of a few year back. While I could never accomplish this. Plenty of people can, and will.
     
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  4. ncmickey

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    We get our jobs back?? Lol
     
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  5. snowwy

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    Somebody still has to open the trailer doors and back that baby in.
     
  6. Accidental Trucker

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    At smaller locations, sure, but at DC’s, etc, opening a trailer door, securing it, dropping the landing gear, popping the fifth wheel release and quick disconnecting the airlines and power lines can all be engineered and built by a fifth and sixth grade competitive robotics team.

    And if they can send a truck down the interstate without a driver, they can have a yard dog back into a door with one arm tied behind their back........
     
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  7. JolliRoger

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    Won't need any windshields wiped or headlights cleaned. Former driver be out on the lake, not concerned about little mundane things any more.
     
  8. JolliRoger

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    What we got here is real forward thinking, might even work in a line of code to sweep the trailer out.
     
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  9. JolliRoger

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    And a hijackers wet dream.. Just direct it to "my place" down here in the hood. Got 20 strong teenagers to unload it.
     
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  10. JolliRoger

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    And one of the crane like things on the frame with an arm the will shoot out at random and pluck a hood or two. Be quite near normal, really.
     
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  11. FFL Trucker

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    They still do that in certain states, I just fueled in Oregon and the guy came running towards me. I'm like "it's diesel", they have a sign that says diesel vehicles fuel themselves cause they had to pay for too many diesel vehicles that got regular gas in their tanks
     
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