The Future is Coming at Breakneck Speed ... For Freightliner

[hammersley]

https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-...-portland-to-develop-self-driving-trucks.html

 

[Shiner]

I wonder how long before the hackers take over the controls?

 

[mwilson]

I am not a fan of this..I did think that the “Platooning” had some merit and am sad to see that go by the wayside..

Driving a loaded truck requires many more decisions be made than driving a car...I don’t know if it can be safely accomplished...

 

[DonFitzwater]

Maybe they are going to start it in Portland because if the truck accidentally runs through an ANTIFA PROTEST nobody will care.

 

[mwilson]

Maybe they are going to start it in Portland because if the truck accidentally runs through an ANTIFA PROTEST nobody will care.

One thousand likes for this one...

 

[JR]

Doesn't sound all that different from platooning other than they don't mention the trucks running in groups.

There's been a program platooning on the turnpike west of Cleveland for about a year and a half.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/articl...sf/2017/04/turnpike_travelers_will_see_se.amp

 

[Shiner]

I am not a fan of this..I did think that the “Platooning” had some merit and am sad to see that go by the wayside..

Driving a loaded truck requires many more decisions be made than driving a car...I don’t know if it can be safely accomplished...

I don't see it. Last year on I-35, a major pile-up happened during a snow storm. The DOT video was amazing showing trucks taking evasive action between stopped vehicles to come to a stop "parked" in the weeds just off the roadways. I doubt the computer would allow, or be able to perform that multi-faceted, evasive maneuver. I could be wrong...….