On a wing and a prayer
Self Driving Lorries
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Kent_Mackem
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But this new software is more than just cruise control. It makes decisions. Presumably the lorries have cruise control already?
zinedine
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Does he have a Chippy?
dickie mc rich
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No doubt, all I'm really saying is. It'll not be a smooth transition. People who are inflexible will be fucked in the mean time.
It's not the fuel, it's the wages.
Boz33
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You wouldn't want to in a silver jumpsuit.
safcforever
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I agree but let's wait 30 more years. It's my field and I've climbed the ladder twice now and I can't be fucked to start again
We are not unionised.
Also we are only paid per mile so if we have to wait at a customers we don't get a single dime but we are still limited to our hours (even if half of them are sat waiting)
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Speaking as a lorry driver i think it has good and bad points. I don't think it is suitable in this country however.
The thing that worries me is the potential for disaster with the technology. It's always good till it fails.
A couple of weeks ago my harley cut out going round the antwerp ring road while i was overtaking in busy traffic. That was a glitch in the fly by wire throttle that fucked the evu up.
Imagine that happening with over a hundred tonnes of wagon.
The thing that worries me is the potential for disaster with the technology. It's always good till it fails.
A couple of weeks ago my harley cut out going round the antwerp ring road while i was overtaking in busy traffic. That was a glitch in the fly by wire throttle that fucked the evu up.
Imagine that happening with over a hundred tonnes of wagon.
Boz33
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I think it'll be years yet anyway, much like seeing shit on tomorrow's world it'll take years to get all the testing and safety shit organised.
I suppose the ideal place to try it out in he real world would be the outback or similar where there's thousands of miles of straight roads but next to no traffic just to get the basics of trucks following each other in prolonged tests with little danger of collisions
Nonsense
monkeytassle
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Much more suited to the massive road trains etc going huge distances on quiet roads.
The tech can fuck up easily. There was that tesla that saw sky when it was a white wagon. Bloke ended up decapitated.
joemcdokes
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There seems a huge obsession to do things just because they can, this is not some app on a smartphone, people have concepts they pursue but almost certainly never look at every aspect of putting them to practice.
Time will tell on how great it actually is and alot of people may suffer the consequences of glitches in the system.
Time will tell on how great it actually is and alot of people may suffer the consequences of glitches in the system.
Kent_Mackem
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Not as easily as humans can fuck up though. Like the lorry driver who went into the back of that car while changing his music.
It's weird how people are happy to be operated on by computer systems, flown by computer systems, directed in the air by computer systems, all of which could have tragic results if there's a "glitch" but lorries, Jesus no.
joemcdokes
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Imagine if the system fails like tills going down in a shop or bank systems failing and you can't use your cards.
Not as easily as humans can fuck up though. Like the lorry driver who went into the back of that car while changing his music.
It's weird how people are happy to be operated on by computer systems, flown by computer systems, directed in the air by computer systems, all of which could have tragic results if there's a "glitch" but lorries, Jesus no.
They have failed though, that is my point.
monkeytassle
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That volvo auto brake testNot as easily as humans can fuck up though. Like the lorry driver who went into the back of that car while changing his music.
It's weird how people are happy to be operated on by computer systems, flown by computer systems, directed in the air by computer systems, all of which could have tragic results if there's a "glitch" but lorries, Jesus no.
This bit was nonsense
Far better to put the research and funds into more economic engines, replacing fossil fuels, encouraging people not to travel at all (i.e. Working from home etc) and improving / building more railways.
Self driving vehicles are already a reality. Google have racked up over 30 million miles. Tesla over 100. They are already safer than humans. We're being left behind - again. And we're more than capable if researching clean engine tech and self driving vehicles. Tesla are doing both by themselves.
monkeytassle
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There is a chance of that but self driving tech is here to stay. To just ignore it is foolish. There's an opportunity for us to take the lead but we're sitting watching the yanks take total control.
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