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Self-driving trucks are done :D One of the executives left Uber

Discussion in 'Truckers News' started by Brucely, Mar 29, 2018.

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  1. Mar 29, 2018 #1
    Brucely

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  3. Mar 29, 2018 #2
    Lilj

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    They are not going to give up on self driving trucks. It may not be in our lifetime, but it will b a reality
     
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    Brucely

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    lol. i dont really care about the lifetime of anyone born after me XD. As long as i can be a trucker and not have to worry about robot trucks. It's fine.

    ...totally different story if they can transform into crime-fighting robots during/after a haul to replace police enforcement, though... then I'd be one of the people inside the robot and wouldn't mind a wage cut :D.
     
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    The guy wasn't an engineer, he was business development and tied to the google/waymo lawsuit. My bet is the guy fullfilled the minimum time needed under the otto buyout, then bailed.
     
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    And in other news, a Tesla Model X crashed into a barrier last week in Commifornia, killing the driver. NTSB is investigating. For a car that is touted as super safe, it didn’t fair well. Also caught fire.

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    Id like to hear mr musk explain this one. They have any idea if it was on auto pilot or what happened? Or where the rest of the car went?
     
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    I was really looking forward to self driving trucks putting the lazy left lane campers out of a job. Oh well.
     
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    AZ pulled Uber' permit to test. The California permit exp this Saturday, and Uber stated they were not going to reapply . They had already stopped testing in PA (I think). Have been saying , the poo would hit the fan with the first deaths. Who do you sue ? R2D2 ? The manufacturer? The owner ? Not going to replace the life , but it's a answer that has to be answered . The manufacturer starts seeing they are on the hook for muti million settlements each time this happens , this may be short lived?!? Owner has been open to this all along . Time will tell , and the courts will weigh in.
     
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    Well I guess automated trucks are over.
     
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  12. Mar 30, 2018 #10
    Brucely

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    WOW.... another self-driving fatality? That's 2 in like literally not even 1 month.

    I honestly liked hte idea of self-driving CARS (not trucks). Cuz, like, as a teen you know you can't drive but u want to go to soccer, football games, and movies, and then out with your friends. And you know you can't always ask your senior/junior friends to drive u. And being driven by your parents is dumb -_-.

    So I thought self-driving things would solve that XD haha... *watches them crash and burn* eh...
     
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