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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by nikanj on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:15AM (#16626991)
The same reason non-autonomous ones are so big. It's a status symbol, plus there's the arms race of "bigger truck wins in an accident"
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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by majewsky on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:36AM (#16627053)
> bigger truck wins in an accident

And that's why I go by tram. :)

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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by ShorsHammer on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:33AM (#16628889)
Jokes aside, it seems foolish to create an entirely new class of vehicle that drives itself while completely ignoring the physics of big bits of metal.
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