Re:Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker
by adrianN on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:58AM
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Pirating trucks with humans in them is not much more difficult. Humans also tend to stop when you put obstacles in front of them and I doubt they would defend their cargo if a gun is waved in front of them. The reason that highway robbery is not common today is not because it's difficult to do.
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Re:Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker
by gnusci on Friday September 28, 2018 @02:39PM
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Of course, there is nothing new in on the road pirating trucks. However, the question is what an autonomous truck will do?
Re:Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker
by canhascodez on Saturday September 29, 2018 @12:57AM
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The autonomous truck will trigger an alert when it's forced to make an emergency stop, and continually record its surroundings and broadcast its position. A watchdog process will note that the vehicle has failed to reach the next waypoint in the expected amount of time.