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Re:Uber Self-Driving Truck Packed with Budweiser Makes First... by petra on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:10AM (#12787183)
One interesting thing here is the savings, even though there's a driver.

They say "more frequent schedules" . How ?

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Re:Uber Self-Driving Truck Packed with Budweiser Makes First... by kriro on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:16AM (#12787209)
Not sure about US laws but in Europe there's mendatory rest periods for drivers. Drive n hours, sleep/rest m hours where m is relatively large. For an autonomous vehicle that time is reduced to zero (I'd assume)
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Re:Uber Self-Driving Truck Packed with Budweiser Makes First... by petra on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:30AM (#12787309)
Mandatory rest exists in the US. But i assume the guy watching over the self driving car, should follow those laws.
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Re:Uber Self-Driving Truck Packed with Budweiser Makes First... by Eridrus on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:52AM (#12787479)
That assumes that it needs supervision and the driver isn't just there for the first/last mile.
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Re:Uber Self-Driving Truck Packed with Budweiser Makes First... by rymate1234 on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:16AM (#12787208)
Once you don't need the driver you don't have to worry about sleeping - the truck can drive 24/7 without breaks
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Re:Uber Self-Driving Truck Packed with Budweiser Makes First... by alvern on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:20AM (#12787239)
Truckers operate on the 14/11 rule currently. 14 hours from when you wake up, 11 hours from the start of driving. If they can throw that out a tractor trailer can log twice the hours in a 24 hour day than current regulations allow.
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Re:Uber Self-Driving Truck Packed with Budweiser Makes First... by eppeltert on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:16AM (#12787211)
Maybe the mandatory resting periods for drivers will be less strict when they're driving a self-driving truck.
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