Bad news for manual lovers

They can be programed to avoid those situations. Most emergencies are driver error.

They can even make a lane specifically for driverless.

And computers do "learn". They'll never have human reasoning, but they can learn to react to situations.

 

Computers don't get road rage. They don't get all butt hurt when a swift truck tries to pass them so they floor it. They don't tailgate in rush hour traffic because "everyone else drives like that". They don't speed. They don't have inflated egos from driving a long hood truck and think everyone else is a inferior steering wheel holder incapable of breathing properly.

 

Or use the easiest solution, human intervention. In an emergency, the driver takes control

 

How do you really feel?

 

My point was that in an emergency situation there is no time to switch up who is in control. For everything that has to do with trucking in my world of woods and fields and mud and backroads this is all tits-on-a-bull technology. Glad you two are such true blue believers.

 

The same way you take over your speed when you're on cruise. Have turning the wheel or touching pedals have priority over the computer, just keep a driver in the seat for those situations

 

You two guys are hilarious. Please explain how they will not tailgate in traffic. What will happen when they get cut off. Specifically, how will the process work?

Also please explain how they will know they are about to begin a descent down a steep grade? Can they read road signs? Certainly they won't wait until the sensor tells them that they are already in the descent...because then it's too late. What happens when they burn up their brakes?

Who does the in route load check?
Who finds the flat tire half way into the trip?
What do they do when a sensor finds a problem with the automatic transmission.....do they go to the nearest safe haven truck stop and wait for valet to park them or do they jut shut down in the middle of the interstate?

Sounds like long hood jealousy.

 

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The new trucks have a gps enabled map built into them that "scans" the road up a mile ahead and reads the terrain and properly selects the gear for approaching hill/decent.
A camera/sensor to read road signs wouldn't be that to incorporate honestly. All signs look the same from state to state so they would just build a database of the signs and the camera would pick them up and read the Info from them.
The flat tire problem is already covered by current technology such as tire pressure monitor systems that can also detect hot tires from wheel bearings etc going out.
As far as the tran problem I would only assume that the truck would have built in diagnostics and once it detects a problem it sends a message to dispatch/maintenance back at the headquarters and the appropriate steps would then be taken.
And no I don't have long hood jealousy. Just seems like everyone that drives one is a arrogant prick.

 

This video might explain what direction "driverless vehicles" are heading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bWG-sQna80