So many variables that have to be considered by automated trucking, that example is one where someone suddenly stops in the middle of a highway or stops short. There’s things you have to foresee well in advance. For example driving down a side street and you see kids playing on the sidewalk, naturally you would slow down in case one darts into the street. Can an automated truck or car take that into consideration? I use to drive a taxi in New York city, probably one of the most hazardous places to drive. Alll the time drunks would jump out in front of me at night, I even had one case where I saw a mass in the street that looked like a garbage bag and as I got closer I saw it was a drunk guy laying in the street. He looked JUST like a hefty bag, green coat and he was in a fetal position in the middle of the street and you couldn’t drive around him. So what is an automated car going to do? Drive over him assuming it was a bag or sit there until it moves?
Remote, front mounted cattle prod.... oh, and a co2 detector...