Autonomous Semi Trucks Are Coming and They’re Driverless

[@savga912kid]

It'll be less water bottles in restroom and less feet washing in the sink at truck stops

[@rookie7413]

I can see Autonomous Semi Trucks on highway routes, but nothing more. The technology is not ready unless you remove all cars and people from all roads.

[@thafunktapus]

this might be managed in the relatively short term - drop and hook between distribution centers and (amazonspeak) fulfillment centers both of which tend to be right off the interstate and what, 30 miles before commuter traffic begins?

[@jameswest4917]

Those are not good numbers on the flat bed.

[@danteholton2242]

That’s what I was thinking. All those miles with nothing to show for it.

[@ronniesandlin6305]

There will be an up side to driverless trucks if you own a towing company!

[@danteholton2242]

How do they get roadside inspections?

[@rogerg0834]

💯 they are and I'm exiting the logistics this year. Nobody will be able to compete with driverless semi trucks. I'm not waiting around for these tech pirates that act more like parasites on society and offer no real benefit to society. Sucks having to go back to school late in life but it beats waiting around for human greed to destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs.

[@ismaelgarza9455]

5:18 That’s 3.18 a mile How do you miss that

[@yosefelkayam514]

Poor dispatching, not efficient, should be going after local loads that pay more.

[@DJimeku]

18-wheeler wrecks due to autonomous driving will have issues and attorneys may see some cases.

[@averyjohnson675]

The rates will put you out of business before the autonomous vehicle's 😂

[@supermarioxs1]

Another nightmare in the waiting and the making… when are they going to realize you cannot replace a real human truck driver with all the possibilities and the chaos out here on the road it’s just another accident and death waiting to happen or should I say multiple! But safety first what do I know? Benefits what benefits there are none except for the rich people .

[@thafunktapus]

Disagree. The potential liability is catastrophic. The carrier will no longer be able to place the blame on the driver. First time mother-of-3 runs her SUV into the stopped ai trailer at 60mph because she was texting-while-driving, it will break the biggest firm. The ambulance chaser will paint the autonomous truck as a manifestation of Skynet and the jury of pregnant ladies will punish both the manufacturer and the carrier in 11 figures. They'll have to have a driver in there somewhere to take one for the team.

[@icemanvamp7433]

You're delusional. There are truck fatalities every day

[@thafunktapus]

@@icemanvamp7433 right, but the driver can be found at fault and take some of the liability from the company

[@averyjohnson675]

There goes your day job 😁

[@icemanvamp7433]

Sorry drivers. Better start planning your exit out of trucking. I'll give it 3 more years till trucking is fully automated

[@AGarcia012]

😂

[@obobobobobobobob-ty6ie]

Truck drivers will certainly become obsolete. Our safety concerns are irrelevant because America wants to push this technology onto the economy