Autonomous tech boom darling Embark goes belly-up, lays off hundreds

Re:Autonomous tech boom darling Embark goes belly-up, lays o... by krupan on Monday March 06, 2023 @09:40PM (#35050865)

How sure are you that driving giant big rigs at 70mph is easier than little sedans at 25mph? Yes highways generally have less obstacles and unexpected scenarios than city streets but not zero, and you still have to deal with them. Doing a safe emergency swerve or stop with a big rig moving 70mph is a LOT harder than with a sedan moving 25mph on a street in SF

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Re:Autonomous tech boom darling Embark goes belly-up, lays o... by Waterluvian on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @12:20AM (#35051863)

One argument might be that the statistics of accidents per hour driven demonstrates that highway driving is easier.

I don’t think the comment is “driving a truck is easier” but that trucks find themselves on the highway more.

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Re:Autonomous tech boom darling Embark goes belly-up, lays o... by pknomad on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:48AM (#35054714)

Statistically, more accidents occur in highways than roadways. The general idea is that accidents are more prone to happen there's overload of tasks (i.e. changing lanes while maintaining safe distance between cars in multiple lanes).

I'd say driving along a relatively straight road on a high way is much easier (and less accident prone) than driving on a street in say SF or NYC.

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Re:Autonomous tech boom darling Embark goes belly-up, lays o... by kwertyoowiyop on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @09:57AM (#35056029)

Also, will AI trucks proactively move to the left when approaching a short on-ramp to avoid slower incoming cars, that maybe can’t even be seen yet because the on-ramp is curved?

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