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To: datura
Margins are TINY in trucking, and few companies are going to be willing to spend the millions required to automate, given the uncertainty of freight arriving intact at the destination.

Then it's not a problem at all. I am only able to provide input from the side of computer control; your input from the side of an operator is appreciated!

83 posted on 05/26/2014 5:23:47 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: Greysard

Seriously - you should spend a day in the passenger seat of a semi in your area one day. Preferably with an owner. If you’re ever up here in Washington please let me know. I ‘d love to talk to you for a day about this, and show it to you from the other side.

I understand the ability to program it. The sensors would be prohibitively expensive. The infrastructure requirements are more than anyone wants to pay for as well.

If the idea is safety, there are lots of things that the Fed DOT and FMCSA do to make safety worse.

We don’t need more govt regulations and oversight. The old ways of rugged individuality and self reliance don’t need to be replaced by software. Just because we have the ability to do things doesn’t always mean we should.

If you ever get up here, let me know, please.


88 posted on 05/26/2014 5:37:14 PM PDT by datura (We have a 2 party system. Conservatives vs Uniparty)
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