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How much longer until feeder drivers are a thing of the past?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rick Ross" data-source="post: 3123069" data-attributes="member: 51847"><p>To be fully autonomous there would need to be a lot more monitoring done on both tractor and trailer. I would imagine all tires would need to be monitored for air pressure and trailer axles would need to be monitored for heat. I've seen two hub/axle fires going down the highway and it's scary to think what will happen when they pull over.</p><p></p><p>If this ever happens I would imagine it would start on turpikes. I think the Ohio/Indiana turnpike allows triples and they have staging areas at the beginning and end because triples can't be pulled anywhere else in those states. Tractor drives itself a few hundred miles across those states to the staging area and drivers breakdown the sets and take it from there.</p><p></p><p>By the time this happens we will be out of jobs anyways... Amazon is getting into delivery. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick Ross, post: 3123069, member: 51847"] To be fully autonomous there would need to be a lot more monitoring done on both tractor and trailer. I would imagine all tires would need to be monitored for air pressure and trailer axles would need to be monitored for heat. I've seen two hub/axle fires going down the highway and it's scary to think what will happen when they pull over. If this ever happens I would imagine it would start on turpikes. I think the Ohio/Indiana turnpike allows triples and they have staging areas at the beginning and end because triples can't be pulled anywhere else in those states. Tractor drives itself a few hundred miles across those states to the staging area and drivers breakdown the sets and take it from there. By the time this happens we will be out of jobs anyways... Amazon is getting into delivery. :) [/QUOTE]
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