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re: Autonomous 18-wheelers are almost here. (Maximum Overdrive will happen soon)
Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:35 pm to The Quiet One
Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:35 pm to The Quiet One
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I'm also curious how this all plays out the first time one of these autonomous trucks plows into a pile of 4-wheelers because of a mechanical failure.
Me too.
Personally, I fail to see how it's different if there's a human turning the wheel. If a steering linkage breaks at 70 mph, it's a bad day no matter who's in charge. You can be sure that the scumbag attorneys are going to pretend it is somehow different and try to extort more money than they usually do, though, the first few times.
Come to think of it, if autonomous trucks are safer, the attorneys going to try to make every at-fault accident going forward an international crisis to get more money because there simply won't be as many lawsuits for those leeches to file. Another hidden cost savings of autonomous vehicles!
This post was edited on 7/18/17 at 3:40 pm
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Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:43 pm to TigerstuckinMS
The reality is if you're going to make a vehicle with a gross weight of 40 tons "autonomous", then all vehicles on the road need to be "autonomous" as well to ensure the best communication between those vehicles. Even then, shite breaks and accidents happen. There will always be risk, although I admire the effort to mitigate it.
An autonomous truck isn't going to avoid a crash because honky lips in his Dodge Ram tried to swerve over 3 lanes to get to the exit ramp at the last second. It also isn't going to stop the tailgater in the Pirius from eating the back end of the trailer when the auto-truck comes to a sudden stop.
I get the feeling people think these vehicles are magic.
An autonomous truck isn't going to avoid a crash because honky lips in his Dodge Ram tried to swerve over 3 lanes to get to the exit ramp at the last second. It also isn't going to stop the tailgater in the Pirius from eating the back end of the trailer when the auto-truck comes to a sudden stop.
I get the feeling people think these vehicles are magic.
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