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magicarpet

(16,992 posts) Sat Oct 7, 2023, 04:13 PM Oct 2023

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Self-driving 18 wheel tractor trailer truck,... [View all]

.... video of on road action. Here they come getting closer and closer. Working on freight trains too.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ztoGAQ1S-cY?si=AguLTx7ys5AU_FYp

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Self-driving 18 wheel tractor trailer truck,... [View all] magicarpet Oct 2023 OP

Will the public accept driverless trucks on the same roads that the public uses? OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #1

Maybe we could put them on tracks... ret5hd Oct 2023 #2

I like your vision. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #3

If everyone would listen to me... ret5hd Oct 2023 #5

No need.... OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #8

I was thinking of calling it OnlyReaders... ret5hd Oct 2023 #10

If you expose your true self.... OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #16

Doesn't that make them trains? Don't we already have those? Ocelot II Oct 2023 #6

Damn! I knew I was missing something! ret5hd Oct 2023 #9

lol! nt ecstatic Oct 2023 #22

Heehee. Now you're talking. Guess no one ever thought of all that before. brush Oct 2023 #12

Eventually yes. edisdead Oct 2023 #4

"Driverless" may mean, a person who can apply brakes and steer to a stop. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #11

They have to figure out a way to keep the vehicle attendants awake... brush Oct 2023 #13

You expose a true problem! OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #14

I saw a driverless vehicle parked by the roadside today. I wonder whether it was taking a lunch diva77 Oct 2023 #7

It started with bank tellers and no one cared. EllieBC Oct 2023 #15

Back in the 80's. I used to buy GE electric motors for our machine tools. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #17

Yup. EllieBC Oct 2023 #18

I am betting that "real world" guerilla manufacturing can thrive, OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #19

I'm a retired driver ripcord Oct 2023 #20

This better not ever see the light of day ecstatic Oct 2023 #21

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