Will self driving trucks hit the roads with nobody on board or will they keep a human supervisor? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by FortuneMisteller@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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According to the news self driving trucks are about to hit the road with no driver on board.

But according to this book that is not going to happen. The author says that the real purpose is to get rid of the skilled drivers and replace them with underpaid button pushers.

Will they really do that? What's going to be the situation few years from now?

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[-] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The duck-duckling model would probably work okay on the highway, but not so well once you arrive in a town or city. You can't reliably get ten semis through a set of lights in traffic without getting split up. I guess they could have a depot outside of town where human drivers would meet the ducklings for the final leg of the journey.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I believe it's common to have separate long haul trucks and last leg trucks. If the depot is right next to the motorway/highway, then it provides an obvious place for a handover. It also means drivers can stay in 1 area, and so go home each night.

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