Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverless Trucks

Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by wcummings on Thursday June 22, 2017 @06:40PM (#14615870)

I live in (ok, ok, near) Boston and I constantly fantasize about this. I don't commute by car I look forward to riding my bike 5mph in front of driverless cars, at least if they don't run me over...

I also have to imagine they will be a ripe target for vandalism, especially if operators don't aggressively remove graffiti.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by wernercd on Thursday June 22, 2017 @06:44PM (#14615890)

"ripe target for vandalism"

And they'll also be surrounded by camera's and hard drives. I would imagine that the sensors that can see through fog could also get more detail than the average CCV camera - meaning that even with a mask, you're going to get a lot of detail on vandals or road hazards (aka: You going 5mph in front of one)

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by dx034 on Friday June 23, 2017 @05:08AM (#14617878)

Vandalism already happens to cars. As are cyclists who go 5mph in front of a car (on a road where it cannot overtake you) to take revenge on a driver they don't like.

None of that will change and that's not dependent on drivers.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by smileysteve on Friday June 23, 2017 @02:23AM (#14617341)

> I also have to imagine they will be a ripe target for vandalism

Is a lone driver with a tire iron, mag-lite, or billy club really the deterrent to this? Especially, the stereotypical obese early 50s driver?

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