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Re:What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968) by icky on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @02:35AM (#145498)
A coworker of mine who's been in the GIS industry for about as long as said industry has existed gave that very same assessment. The real obstacles at this point are social: people will freak out at the thought of robot trucks driving on the same highways as they do (or stealing their trucking jobs).

I give the example of trucks on highways because that would probably come first, as it's simpler to safely implement than passenger vehicles or city driving.

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Re:What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968) by jimbokun on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @06:34PM (#146251)
"(or stealing their trucking jobs)"

This was covered in a Simpsons episode. Turns out that all the trucks already drive themselves, but the truckers' union has prevented that information getting out to the general public.

(Couldn't find it on youtube.)

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