Driverless tractor-trailer truck rolls out in Texas

A new, high-tech tractor-trailer truck is driving down the highway without someone behind the wheel.

Self-driving company Aurora has started using Aurora Driver to make deliveries between Dallas and Houston, The Dallas Morning News reported.
The two cities are about 230 miles apart.

There is no human driver behind the wheel.

Forbes said the truck that’s on the road has completed 1,200 miles on its regular route between the two major Texas cities.

Driverless tractor-trailer truck rolls out in Texas

Would you feel safe driving alongside a driverless tractor-trailer truck?

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[1LoverofGod]

It would be interesting to see what would happen with a driverless Tractor/Trailer driving in Southern California during ravaging Santa Ana Winds.
Tractor/Trailers With a driver have been known to be tossed like toys, and jacknife when traveling through our Santa Ana Winds, especially around the Cajon Pass nearby.
Now without a driver that would be interesting to see.

 

[Tall Timbers]

As a human, I don't feel comfortable with large vehicles being driverless... what could go wrong? Hopefully it's better than my Ford Truck hands off features which makes a lot of mistakes that I've learned to be ready for.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

As a human, I don't feel comfortable with large vehicles being driverless... what could go wrong? Hopefully it's better than my Ford Truck hands off features which makes a lot of mistakes that I've learned to be ready for.

and better than the parking "assist" feature on some vehicles.


I've always been concerned about kids and animals darting out into the roadway, re driverless vehicles.
Ditto human drivers making a mistake that the driverless vehicle can't react to properly in time to avoid an accident or creating another hazard or accident.

Anything electronic like that is hackable, as well, so a psychopath, criminal, terrorist, student on a dare, etc. could cause great mischief, damage, and/or death.

 

[Batman]

It's hard to predict what the tech and govt rebels will push onto humanity but we all know they want driverless vehicles on the road.......private and commercial. There's a lot of talk about trackability, which results in having the power to shut vehicles down and prevent them from even going outside areas they are limited to. I just resigned in January from a company that makes an EV trailer pulling truck for rail, ship, and warehouse use. They are pushing "autonomous" units as hard as they can......and many huge companies are interested. GPS, 5G, radar/camers, etc. are all that's needed to have a "map" and ensure the vehicle goes where it's supposed to go onsite. However, I do believe they want these to go over-the-road at least for short distances on public streets so they can move from one lot/area to another as needed to move trailers, cars, units, etc. I've heard that gas/diesel trailer pulling trucks are also being pushed to "autonomous" options for the future. In their case, they can already go up to 70mph and operate on public roadways and keep up on interstates, etc. EVs use a lot of battery power so that's the reason long distance "autonomous" is still a long term goal.

 

[Tall Timbers]

There's a lot of talk about trackability, which results in having the power to shut vehicles down and prevent them from even going outside areas they are limited to. I

Quite soon new vehicles in the US will be required to have a kill switch. I sure don't like the idea of that.

Given the Deep State has a super majority in both Houses, I don't expect that law to be rescinded.

 

[Kem]

Imagine that thing backing up to the loading and unloading dock at a warehouse. Does it unload itself also?

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Imagine that thing backing up to the loading and unloading dock at a warehouse. Does it unload itself also?

If it doesn't, even now, remote-control forklifts could deal with pallets, and robots with everything else.

Seeing the number of forklift accidents even with human operators, and robot "issues" stocking grocery store shelves, I'd be extremely concerned about shipments containing hazmat.