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[buckeyefarmer]

And yet they've been around since 1851, have received a very wide range of prestigious awards and have long been considered one of the most credible news sources in the world.

OK, so they don't have a TV channel loaded with news bimbos in mini skirts.

Tells you something about their clientele. Maybe at one time they were good? Not now.

 

[LD48750]

And yet they've been around since 1851, have received a very wide range of prestigious awards and have long been considered one of the most credible news sources in the world.

OK, so they don't have a TV channel loaded with news bimbos in mini skirts.

And Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize too.

 

[Industrial Toys]

For What? Spending the most money ever possible?

 

[lilranch2001]

"And yet they've been around since 1851, have received a very wide range of prestigious awards and have long been considered one of the most credible news sources in the world.

OK, so they don't have a TV channel loaded with news bimbos in mini skirts."

spoken like a true lib!

 

[goeduck]

Hollywood honors itself too at those big red carpet shows but that does not mean they make responsible movies. Consider the source of those awards.

So many movie stars speak out against guns and violence yet they make movie after movie about guns and violence. Those shows have more to do with spawning learned violence in our society than most every other aspect of kids growing up. Hypocrites.


Joaquin Phoenix walked out of an interview promoting his new movie Joker recently, when the journalist asked if he’s concerned the film may “inspire” violence.

The 44-year-old actor was being asked about his latest project by Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, with journalist Robbie Collin questioning: “Aren’t you worried that this film might perversely end up inspiring exactly the kind of people it’s about, with potentially tragic results?”

According to Collin, Phoenix looked confused and answered “Why would you…? No… no”, before walking out of the room.

Sorry, Back to towing something wrong.....

 

[duramaxsky]

Driverless trucks may not happen. If they do it will be on specific routes and they will need to be driven out of town to a launch point. But it is looking like they will still require a driver to take over in certain places. They will make things safer for long haul because the driver will have less stress and they will take over or stop is the driver is not alert. But the testing is finding a lot of problems with the concept.

 

[duramaxsky]

Also anything the New York Times says is likely the opposite of the truth.

 

[lilranch2001]

:thumbsup:

 

[Drstrangeglove]

Driverless trucks may not happen. If they do it will be on specific routes and they will need to be driven out of town to a launch point. But it is looking like they will still require a driver to take over in certain places. They will make things safer for long haul because the driver will have less stress and they will take over or stop is the driver is not alert. But the testing is finding a lot of problems with the concept.

Wouldn't a train do this?

 

[Industrial Toys]

The whole thing will become so technlogically complex and convoluted that it will never work. It doesn't help that technology is advancing so quickly that one part of the program will be outdated before another is completed. And then to adopt some kind of standards that all manufacturers will use, how is that going to work? That's my take on it. The technology is available, but not that can be implemented in the real world.

 

[Howling]

The self driving trucks are already on the road. They are doing long haul highway routes. The human driven trucks are used to move the trailers on local segments to and from the highway at each end.

U.S. Post Office Testing Driverless Trucks Between 2 Cities

Amazon is hauling cargo in self-driving trucks developed by Embark

 

[nikerret]

Self-driving vehicle痴 scare the crap out of me. We regularly have to shut down major Interstates with a patrol car and a flashlight (eventually adding cones and/or flares). This is something a driver can see and understand, but what will a self-driving truck do? How do they respond to hand signal given by a man in the roadway?

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^
Most likely there will be some type of GPS signal sent out, and they will know in advance, just as some of the current mapping programs do.

 

[Diggin It]

Self-driving vehicleç—´ scare the crap out of me. We regularly have to shut down major Interstates with a patrol car and a flashlight (eventually adding cones and/or flares). This is something a driver can see and understand, but what will a self-driving truck do? How do they respond to hand signal given by a man in the roadway?

^^^
Most likely there will be some type of GPS signal sent out, and they will know in advance, just as some of the current mapping programs do.

By who? The first responding units on scene are a bit busy rescuing the victims.

In the future I see transponders installed in emergency vehicles to automatically send alerts, but who will be paying for them?

 

[nikerret]

^^^
Most likely there will be some type of GPS signal sent out, and they will know in advance, just as some of the current mapping programs do.

I work in areas where there is no cell service, let alone someone updating some magical map of knowledge. It usually takes 15-20 minutes to get the sign boards updated. Dispatch that took the call of the wreck does that.

 

[lilranch2001]

By who? The first responding units on scene are a bit busy rescuing the victims.

In the future I see transponders installed in emergency vehicles to automatically send alerts, but who will be paying for them?

since when does the liberal half of this country care about who pays for anything?

 

[Diggin It]

I work in areas where there is no cell service, let alone someone updating some magical map of knowledge. It usually takes 15-20 minutes to get the sign boards updated. Dispatch that took the call of the wreck does that.

That's why I mentioned in unit transponders, similar to Opticom if you're familiar with that system. Possible tied into whatever system trucks use for communicating with weigh stations.

The vast majority of the country does not have sign boards to any degree except in urban areas.

In the end, it's always US who pays, whether through taxes, assessments, license fees, tolls or just higher prices on products or shipping.

 

[Jstpssng]

By who? The first responding units on scene are a bit busy rescuing the victims.

In the future I see transponders installed in emergency vehicles to automatically send alerts, but who will be paying for them?

Most likely the same people who are putting the signs out. Seriously, this is a non-issue considering that the topic is self driving vehicles.
Paying for them OTOH will be easy, just get a Federal Grant. It's free money isn't it? No taxpayers are harmed or involved in paying on our national debt, right? Just kick the bill down the road to the next generation.
Or in this state we'd just pass a bond. We've never seen one that we didn't like.

 

[duramaxsky]

Wouldn't a train do this?

They can they do and that's why it's never going to catch on.

 

[Redlands Okie]

If they can figure out how to economically insure them and make a profit I suspect its just a matter of time until they are common in some form. Hate to see it though.