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1 posted on 05/06/2015 9:39:00 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy
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Cue up “Red Barchetta.”


2 posted on 05/06/2015 9:43:18 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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So this tractor has an automatic transmission?


3 posted on 05/06/2015 9:44:43 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Breaker, Breaker, one-nine, this is the Ghost Jockey, you copy?


4 posted on 05/06/2015 9:45:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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***It also has to know when to alert the driver to take control;***

Then what good is this automated equipment if you still have to have someone take over in bad situations.


5 posted on 05/06/2015 9:50:35 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Some times you need more than six shots. Much more.)
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For rolling over the vast flatland coupled with real time monitoring to start,it could work. I would be leary of heavy populated and very high traffic areas.


7 posted on 05/06/2015 9:51:50 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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Are these trucks programmed to pull in front of you right as you are passing them on a steep hill, then slow down to 45 mph- finally allowing you to pass 2 miles later on the way down the hill? If not, I’ll miss that.


8 posted on 05/06/2015 9:52:48 AM PDT by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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If it has to have a minder then just why? Humans can read the road much quicker than ‘putors. If you don't want a driver then put it on a train.
9 posted on 05/06/2015 9:53:14 AM PDT by Dust in the Wind (U S Troops Rock)
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Oh No, That's how Maximum Overdrive Started!
10 posted on 05/06/2015 9:53:24 AM PDT by KC_Lion (This Millennial is for Cruz!)
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11 posted on 05/06/2015 9:53:40 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Steven Spielberg could do a remake of Duel.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067023/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_43


14 posted on 05/06/2015 9:55:06 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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It can anticipate black ice on the far side of a bridge? It can see the 2X4 in the lane ahead and the cop with a customer on the emergency lane? It can anticipate the action of the moose or elk on the side of the road?


15 posted on 05/06/2015 9:55:43 AM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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How long before some fun-loving pranksters repaint the white lines right off a bridge?


16 posted on 05/06/2015 9:55:58 AM PDT by Spruce
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Drone trucks will not be far behind.


17 posted on 05/06/2015 9:57:48 AM PDT by oldbrowser (The have-nots want more and the haves are wearing thin.)
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Ain’t driving with me on I-80.

“oops we killed your entire family because the software was bad - sorry”

Uh, No.

Call in the airstrike there, Big Buddy....


18 posted on 05/06/2015 9:58:14 AM PDT by Regulator
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There’s still a driver there, responsible for safe operation. Right now it’s just an advanced “cruise control” which makes the truck stay in the lane and maintain safe following distance.


21 posted on 05/06/2015 9:59:37 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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Driverless IED. Stupid. Someone fills one of these and programs it to be automatically delivered. Real smart. /s


26 posted on 05/06/2015 10:03:38 AM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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What does the driver record in his logbook when the truck is doing the driving?


27 posted on 05/06/2015 10:04:02 AM PDT by umgud (No such thing as a moderate muslim.)
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At least they won’t be on meth.


31 posted on 05/06/2015 10:14:18 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (I love it when we're Cruz'in together)
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Simpsons did it first!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Homerdrive


34 posted on 05/06/2015 10:23:14 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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- there’s still several tech and legal hurdles to clear

- there are still several tech and legal hurdles to clear

This is really starting to get on my nerves.

40 posted on 05/06/2015 10:34:39 AM PDT by pa_dweller (If just one life can be saved, isn't CCW worth it?)
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