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Originally posted by BBMW:
Look at the rockets we are flying to space. A far more complex task that driving a truck or a plane.

100% automated.

Yeah, but there isn't much of a traffic problem up there (at least once outside the few hundred miles where there are satellites and junk, all of which are being tracked).

flashguy

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Originally posted by flashguy:
Yeah, but there isn't much of a traffic problem up there (at least once outside the few hundred miles where there are satellites and junk, all of which are being tracked).

And that is part of the problem - eventually I see a future where there are either no human driven vehicles or areas where only computer vehicles are allowed. IE, you can drive around town but when you get on the interstate, it's self driving only. Because it's likely easier to predict other autonomous vehicle actions / operations as opposed to irrational humans who are tired, cranky, moody, texting, or talking on a phone.

Personally it would be great to start a cross country drive by coupling up the autopilot and watching a movie / reading a paper instead of having to spend all my time avoiding idiots.

Yeah - the highway is the boring part of driving anyway. I like the twisty hills and such. I wouldn't mind letting someone/something else drive the interstate parts of my trip for me.

I don't really ever want to give up the fun of driving a manual shift sporty vehicle on a curvy road....

It's inevitable that we'll have self driving trucks there are just too many improvements in the process for companies to avoid. No Limits on distance and time allows them to compete, labor issues, insurance, compliance,

It's like the auto assembly line, gone are the days of thousands of workers doing everything, now, all the tasks areautomated, delivery of parts on driverless carts, robotic welders etc.

Wouldn't be surprised to see automation requirements for all transportation devices on freeways and interstates, it will start in
CA of course, the mecca of transportation automation...

As much as I like driving, shifting gears, the thought of sitting back in my George Jetson mobile with a scotch, the digital news, chillin on the way home and no aholes cutting lanes, short braking, rubber necking drivers to deal with sounds pretty good. Probably get home to Jane the Wife and my boy Elroy in a better mood...

I didn't realize it when I posted here before, but it turns out, Waymo has had a small, fully driverless (no one in the vehicle but riders that can't take control of the vehicle) ridesharing service operating in Phoenix for several months.

https://www.engadget.com/2019-...s-taxis-phoenix.html