How much longer until feeder drivers are a thing of the past?

[UnconTROLLed]

Just remember where all us high seniority feeder drivers will have to bump to when our jobs are eliminated....

Customer Counter jobs will be eliminated by kiosks

 

[Brownslave688]

I think self driving anything is much further than the hype articles suggest. Much much further.....so far I'm not even concerned.

It's one thing to have a few successful tests, it's another thing to have millions on roads shared by humans....it would be a nightmare. Mark my words.

The larger the saturation rate the safer they will become.

 

[MyTripisCut]

The larger the saturation rate the safer they will become.

That's what I keep saying. If ALL vehicles on the road are automated, the whole process will work better. Humans are unpredictable, more machines is better for the machines.

 

[Brownslave688]

That's what I keep saying. If ALL vehicles on the road are automated, the whole process will work better. Humans are unpredictable, more machines is better for the machines.

This is why I eventually see a law that prohibits human drivers.

 

[Operational needs]

You think I give a damn about some driverless truck? Helllllllll no

Because you're a cowboy? Lol.

 

[dookie stain]

Because you're a cowboy? Lol.

A GODDAM cowboy

 

[Operational needs]

A GODDAM cowboy

I was thinking that but didn't want to type it. You know, taking the Lord's name in vain and all. Lol

 

[over9five]

I wonder how they drive in snow?

Me too. Will they slow down in inclement weather? What happens when all the sensors get covered with snow? Actually, I can answer the second question: THEY STOP WORKING. That's when UPS will call in it's army of part time seasonal feeder drivers...
"Ovah, there's a blizzard. We need you to come in to cover the robot..."

 

[Brownslave688]

Me too. Will they slow down in inclement weather? What happens when all the sensors get covered with snow? Actually, I can answer the second question: THEY STOP WORKING. That's when UPS will call in it's army of part time seasonal feeder drivers...
"Ovah, there's a blizzard. We need you to come in to cover the robot..."

You think there aren't ways around that?


The every car on the road will be communicating with each other and eventually the painted lines will have seniors in them also. The street lights the stops lights everything will be connected.

 

[sailfish]

Everyone panics when they hear about this kind of thing. It wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. Sure, it would get rid of all the sh**y package delivery jobs, but they're sh**y jobs. It would instead create all kinds of new and better robotic tech jobs; skilled jobs that would pay better, be less physically demanding, and likely have much better hours. I would be more than ready to adapt if the time came.

 

[sailfish]

Customer Counter jobs will be eliminated by kiosks

I don't see that happening entirely. The general public are way too ing stupid.

 

[Wally]

I don't see that happening entirely. The general public are way too ing stupid.

Leave the "By Invitation Only" thread out of this.

By Invitation Only

 

[Faceplanted]

They already are safer than cars driven by human per mile traveled.

Let's stop with the liability issues and all the other bs you close minded people think will stop this from happening.

 

[Matty_lawn]

You think I give a damn about some driverless truck? Helllllllll no

Roll.damn.tide

 

[Snack]

So eventually UPS will be able to pay somebody $12/hr to run packages from a self-driving package car.

 

[Brownslave688]

Everyone panics when they hear about this kind of thing. It wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. Sure, it would get rid of all the sh**y package delivery jobs, but they're sh**y jobs. It would instead create all kinds of new and better robotic tech jobs; skilled jobs that would pay better, be less physically demanding, and likely have much better hours. I would be more than ready to adapt if the time came.

The younger generation would be perfectly happy to never drive.

 

[Wally]

The younger generation would be perfectly happy to never drive.

Mom does all the driving anyway.

 

[dookie stain]

I was thinking that but didn't want to type it. You know, taking the Lord's name in vain and all. Lol

That's what my mother always tells me too...I try not to say it...but I'm a gosh darn cowboy!!!!!! Wooooooooo

 

[dookie stain]

Roll.damn.tide

Rolll tide baby

 

[Operational needs]

That's what my mother always tells me too...I try not to say it...but I'm a gosh darn cowboy!!!!!! Wooooooooo

Just doesn't have the same impact. Lol.