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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by enraged_camel on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:55PM (#11568883)
>>Trucks are way more complicated to drive.

An Australian friend of mine told me that the trucks that carry load from Australian mining fields are almost fully automated, and have been for a while now. So perhaps it's not that complicated?

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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by jacalata on Monday April 25, 2016 @10:05PM (#11568926)
They may have been thinking of trucks within the mine site, which is still quite new? (http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-18/rio-tinto-opens-wor...). I'm pretty sure we don't have any automated trucks on Australian roads.
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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by tomlock on Monday April 25, 2016 @10:07PM (#11568934)
This is mostly internal to mine sites, and the areas serviced have restricted or no public traffic.
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