Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverless Trucks

Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by infecto on Thursday June 22, 2017 @05:24PM (#14615472)

Someone still needs to accompany the truck. Sure perhaps in the distant future this is not true but at least for the generation of current truckers a person will still be necessary.

Yes wages are the biggest expense but I think the big pushed for self-driving trucks is 1) Reduced liability 2) Trucks can be operating nearly 24hrs a day. 3) Greater fuel efficiency.

So sure some will lose their jobs but I think half is overly pessimistic.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by hueving on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:15PM (#14616269)

Unless the drivers are allowed to sleep while the truck is driving, then they can't operate any more hours than they operate now.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by flukus on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:36PM (#14616365)

Long stretches on open highway will be the first place we allow drivers to be completely hands off.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by mousa on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:23AM (#14617182)

I`m sure The first driverless cars for the public will start being available for rides in Silicon Valley or AZ and just on the regular roads they know very very well. I've still never seen one on the highway.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by fooker on Friday June 23, 2017 @02:10AM (#14617309)

You can spot the Google self-driving car on 101 and 280.

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