TuSimple completes first autonomous (level 4) 80 mile run from Tuscon and Phoenix

That is interesting to think about. I know some mining operations have autonomous loaders and trucks. But the thing about off-road driving is it takes a lot of judgement to read the road and know where u should go and where u shouldn't, especially when the road is softer then usual. I could see a lot of robot trucks getting stuck

 

Curious about a scenario I had last week in Vancouver.. I was rolling slow up to a light it went green but I saw a pick up sliding down the hill I stopped and he skidded in front of me. Would that truck stop for a slow sliding vehicle??

 

I guess this would quicken the model of trucking from OTR to regional or LTL, where these robots take loads a shorter distance and exchange trailers with other robot trucks, and at these depots workers would do all the securing and inspecting that a human driver would do......seems like a lot more manpower and infrastructure would be needed.

 

Right, simple solution, have 1 driver lead a pack of autonomous trucks, also the logging roads are pretty good, better than most seem to believe, some are even smoother than public roads ffs lol. Now a days logging is made really safe and easy as it is.

 

You must log in Manitoba or something.......

 

That is not even close to the truth... Have u ever even been up a forest service road...

 

Just remember, just like how gooberment absolved big pharma from liability on covid therapeutics, it will absolve big tech as well.


Drivers being displaced by these machines will have to go somewhere. Yes some of you are safe because of the location and type of work but your going to get an influx of drivers which will cut down your pay.

 

These trucks do not need to be able to operate in every market or every kind of weather to completely oversupply the labor market
If they only displaced five percent of drivers today , rates would go straight into the toilet

 

Yes, almost daily, I work on/Off road logging currently. I was surprised by how well the roads are maintained out here when I started last year, I had expected much worse.

 

Wrong