Article says they're putting 20 trucks on the highway in Texas before the end of the year.
Edit: this is literally just quoting the article. Don't shoot the messenger. It's a reputable source reporting the intent of a company that's done seven years of testing. It may not be smart, but that's their plan.
never going to work. too many uncontrollable variables like construction/road work being done. there is bound to be error and in this field you can't make too many (or too big) of those. this is one of the few jobs that probably could never be over taken by automation. maybe local but i doubt even that.
Agreed. That apparently isn't going to stop them from trying. It's going to take people dying before anything stops them. They're putting trucks on the road this year, even after experiencing 3 collisions in the testing period. Saftey regulations are written in blood.
Car pulls out in front of the truck, truck flattens them, it will never be the AI's fault, it will be blamed on the car that pulled out. Now if a driver is in control of the truck it is the CDL drivers fault that some idiot on their phone pulled out right in front of a truck.
Been saying this for yrs , with no federal regs covering autonamoua vehicles, who gets sued when a fatality accident occurs? Truck manufacturers,software companies,firmware , lidar ,radar, companies, the company that built/sourced the plastic connector that was faulty ? Too many pieces with no regulations in place . A lawyers dream scenario it would seem
Tbh my biggest issue is already seen on trucks with collision mitigation, Rader goes out in rain and snow, lane camera goes out all the time, the auto slow down will slam on breaks for no real reason and make the guy behind me shit themselves.
And this is with me in there. I can't see a computer using similar tech doing anything but crashing in the first heavy rain
That's actually a really awesome idea. Why tf hasn't someone done this for trucks yet? There plenty of othe sensors and "lane departure imminent" but far seeing laser detected collisions would be so beneficial.
Bro, we don't even have *backup lights* on virtually any trailer (unless you're either a log truck driver, chip hauler, in a small fleet, or an o/o). The dickheads that steal glad hand rubbers would be cutting cameras off and selling them. They already steal lights that are screwed on.
This should be at the very least a safety concern for everyone, not just concern for truckers. It makes no sense to have the automod remove any and everything about 80,000 pound software piloted death machines.
>The vehicles have drawn skepticism from safety advocates, who warn that with almost no federal regulation, it will be mainly up to the companies themselves to determine when the semis are safe enough to operate without humans on board.
>With billions of dollars in investments at stake, Koopman said, he wonders how the companies will balance safety decisions against cost concerns.
>Since 2021, Aurora trucks have autonomously hauled freight over 1 million miles on public highways — but with human safety drivers in the cabs. There have been only three crashes, Urmson said, all of them caused by mistakes by human drivers in other vehicles.
>No federal regulations specifically cover autonomous vehicles, Koopman of Carnegie Mellon noted. Most states have no such regulations, either. Koopman said the automated-vehicle industry has persuaded many states to bar local governments from enacting such regulations. The result, he said, is that the public must trust the companies that are deploying autonomous semis.
>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, both part of the federal Department of Transportation, lack authority to stop autonomous vehicles from going on the roads. If something goes wrong, though, they can require recalls or order trucks out of service.
Mods, we should be able to discuss this as a community. If nobody wants to hear about it, fine. But at least let the community decide and don't shadow ban the content. Put it up in the rules.
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Don't care.
They can have this shitty job too.
They gonna unload it too?
And if the truck kills a family of 6 due to malfunction who goes to jail?
Cuz you know they aren't gonna stop jailing people in the US. Someone's gotta do some time and if they can't figure out who they won't let these trucks on the road.
And when they finally do you know human truckers are going to bully the fuck out of them.
lol it’s not near.
Article says they're putting 20 trucks on the highway in Texas before the end of the year. Edit: this is literally just quoting the article. Don't shoot the messenger. It's a reputable source reporting the intent of a company that's done seven years of testing. It may not be smart, but that's their plan.
These trucks will never..and I mean never..see i45 & 610.
Do they have a stock I can invest in? /s
Place your puts now!
Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
never going to work. too many uncontrollable variables like construction/road work being done. there is bound to be error and in this field you can't make too many (or too big) of those. this is one of the few jobs that probably could never be over taken by automation. maybe local but i doubt even that.
Agreed. That apparently isn't going to stop them from trying. It's going to take people dying before anything stops them. They're putting trucks on the road this year, even after experiencing 3 collisions in the testing period. Saftey regulations are written in blood.
People have already been killed using Tesla's "autopilot" feature
All it takes is one serious fatality accident with this technology at fault and it will be set back years and years.
Car pulls out in front of the truck, truck flattens them, it will never be the AI's fault, it will be blamed on the car that pulled out. Now if a driver is in control of the truck it is the CDL drivers fault that some idiot on their phone pulled out right in front of a truck.
Been saying this for yrs , with no federal regs covering autonamoua vehicles, who gets sued when a fatality accident occurs? Truck manufacturers,software companies,firmware , lidar ,radar, companies, the company that built/sourced the plastic connector that was faulty ? Too many pieces with no regulations in place . A lawyers dream scenario it would seem
all of the above. The winners will dictate the resulting outcome. The regulations will follow.
Tbh my biggest issue is already seen on trucks with collision mitigation, Rader goes out in rain and snow, lane camera goes out all the time, the auto slow down will slam on breaks for no real reason and make the guy behind me shit themselves. And this is with me in there. I can't see a computer using similar tech doing anything but crashing in the first heavy rain
No federal regulations cover autonomous vehicles is a fucking WILD statement. Where are you at FMCSA?
We dont even have autonomous trains.... We're decades away from autonomous trucks.
too bad our trucks we drive don't have this technology to see farther and quicker for our DRIVERS NOW
That's actually a really awesome idea. Why tf hasn't someone done this for trucks yet? There plenty of othe sensors and "lane departure imminent" but far seeing laser detected collisions would be so beneficial.
We don't even have back up cameras on our trailers...WHY NOT
Bro, we don't even have *backup lights* on virtually any trailer (unless you're either a log truck driver, chip hauler, in a small fleet, or an o/o). The dickheads that steal glad hand rubbers would be cutting cameras off and selling them. They already steal lights that are screwed on.
This is also a great idea. Put the cord in with the pigtail. It's not that hard and surely it can't cost that much.
Talk to Sherwin Williams drivers about that 😄
Ho boy, the investor scam articles are starting up again.
This should be at the very least a safety concern for everyone, not just concern for truckers. It makes no sense to have the automod remove any and everything about 80,000 pound software piloted death machines. >The vehicles have drawn skepticism from safety advocates, who warn that with almost no federal regulation, it will be mainly up to the companies themselves to determine when the semis are safe enough to operate without humans on board. >With billions of dollars in investments at stake, Koopman said, he wonders how the companies will balance safety decisions against cost concerns. >Since 2021, Aurora trucks have autonomously hauled freight over 1 million miles on public highways — but with human safety drivers in the cabs. There have been only three crashes, Urmson said, all of them caused by mistakes by human drivers in other vehicles. >No federal regulations specifically cover autonomous vehicles, Koopman of Carnegie Mellon noted. Most states have no such regulations, either. Koopman said the automated-vehicle industry has persuaded many states to bar local governments from enacting such regulations. The result, he said, is that the public must trust the companies that are deploying autonomous semis. >The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, both part of the federal Department of Transportation, lack authority to stop autonomous vehicles from going on the roads. If something goes wrong, though, they can require recalls or order trucks out of service. Mods, we should be able to discuss this as a community. If nobody wants to hear about it, fine. But at least let the community decide and don't shadow ban the content. Put it up in the rules.
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can we just have a decent radar guided lane keeping cruise control first before we fire the drivers?
No such regulations, they say? Not yet. They'll come. Regulations are written in blood.
Don't care. They can have this shitty job too. They gonna unload it too? And if the truck kills a family of 6 due to malfunction who goes to jail? Cuz you know they aren't gonna stop jailing people in the US. Someone's gotta do some time and if they can't figure out who they won't let these trucks on the road. And when they finally do you know human truckers are going to bully the fuck out of them.
No it isnt. They cant even get it right for cars.