I wonder if this decision was due to pressure from the transportation industry struggling to find workers in the last year(s). We know there's a workforce crisis in the trucking industry, Amazon is having a hard time holding on to employees, and people are asking for more wages. So, the govt. rushes through a law that allows driverless trucks in order to offset the potential profit loss of having to pay workers a liveable wage.
I don't think the current conditions led to this decision, though I'm sure that's the transport ghouls long term intent. Even with this rule change, the tech isn't anywhere near ready for primetime. It's not a question of safety either, it's a question of it actually working. There's a big difference between actually existing autonomous taxis driving in Arizona and pulling several tons of cargo through the mountains on dubiously marked roads in highly variable weather conditions.
True, probably has more to do with aggressive lobbying from the likes of Lyft and Uber since they have no sustainable business model that isn't just "get driverless cars so we can stop paying drivers"
I wonder if this decision was due to pressure from the transportation industry struggling to find workers in the last year(s). We know there's a workforce crisis in the trucking industry, Amazon is having a hard time holding on to employees, and people are asking for more wages. So, the govt. rushes through a law that allows driverless trucks in order to offset the potential profit loss of having to pay workers a liveable wage.
The scene from Logan where the automated semis don’t have to stop they just have to beep really loud so you get out of the way
"That would never happen."
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I don't think the current conditions led to this decision, though I'm sure that's the transport ghouls long term intent. Even with this rule change, the tech isn't anywhere near ready for primetime. It's not a question of safety either, it's a question of it actually working. There's a big difference between actually existing autonomous taxis driving in Arizona and pulling several tons of cargo through the mountains on dubiously marked roads in highly variable weather conditions.
True, probably has more to do with aggressive lobbying from the likes of Lyft and Uber since they have no sustainable business model that isn't just "get driverless cars so we can stop paying drivers"