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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by JauntTrooper on Thursday June 22, 2017 @04:29PM (#14615086)
Remote driving, though, might solve for this. You still have a human to react to unforeseen circumstances, but you can switch up the remote driver easily so you can work in shifts, drive 24/7, not stop for bathrooms/food etc.

I'd imagine the quality of life would be significantly better too since they would work in the same spot with co-workers and could go home every day.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by kstoneman on Thursday June 22, 2017 @05:11PM (#14615400)
>I'd imagine the quality of life would be significantly better too since they would work in the same spot with co-workers and could go home every day.

Actually, working in the same spot with coworkers was exactly the reason I started driving a truck. Going back to that would be an enormous downgrade in quality of life for me and a lot of drivers.

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