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Freightliner Just Revealed The First Real Road-Legal Autonomous Big Rig
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<blockquote data-quote="Dracula" data-source="post: 1618499" data-attributes="member: 42691"><p>Because UPS still controls the strings. It would leave the lot the same way they try to get us to go when have a safety violation with a hot load. And again, there is a big difference between an autopilot taking off, flying and landing a plane with a real pilot sitting behind the controls, and the pilot sitting in the airport. Tell the passengers that Sully is in the airport bar and Siri is flying the plane. See if you still have passengers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Look, I'll be long gone by your timeline, so I'm not worried about my job. I just think your timeline benefits from industry prototypes and optimistic projections that rely on science fiction realities than real world realities. I love technology, but I think we are decades, maybe centuries away from this. The Russians and Americans blasted into the future in the 50's and 60's, and the talk was we would be flying space ships and driving to work like The Jetsons, but it doesn't always work out like a dream. Look at the space programs now. It's all but relegated to private industry, and the resources there are very limited, even if the dreams aren't. </p><p></p><p>I just think it will be a long time before Americans will allow unmanned trucks to drive alongside our families on our interstates. We don't even allow Mexican trucks passed our borders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dracula, post: 1618499, member: 42691"] Because UPS still controls the strings. It would leave the lot the same way they try to get us to go when have a safety violation with a hot load. And again, there is a big difference between an autopilot taking off, flying and landing a plane with a real pilot sitting behind the controls, and the pilot sitting in the airport. Tell the passengers that Sully is in the airport bar and Siri is flying the plane. See if you still have passengers. Look, I'll be long gone by your timeline, so I'm not worried about my job. I just think your timeline benefits from industry prototypes and optimistic projections that rely on science fiction realities than real world realities. I love technology, but I think we are decades, maybe centuries away from this. The Russians and Americans blasted into the future in the 50's and 60's, and the talk was we would be flying space ships and driving to work like The Jetsons, but it doesn't always work out like a dream. Look at the space programs now. It's all but relegated to private industry, and the resources there are very limited, even if the dreams aren't. I just think it will be a long time before Americans will allow unmanned trucks to drive alongside our families on our interstates. We don't even allow Mexican trucks passed our borders. [/QUOTE]
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