Robots better be able to read signs and colored lights - how else would they navigate a typical intersection? Here is an interesting video.
Oh wait, you’re from Cali. No wonder. The least semi friendly state in the nation. Personally, I think trucks should boycott Cali. I do. I refuse to haul anything there.
And there are lots of us - the ones who actually have an IQ - who also refuse to go there. Your regulations make it very unprofitable to haul into California.
Trucking is a business. It’s about profit. That’s the part you don’t understand. Tractors cost upwards of $150,000 now. Trailers can be more than that for many types. Start adding computer systems to handle automation, along with the drive motors to replace the human and sensors to make sure it’s all safe, and you have nearly doubled the cost.
Trucking companies would rather pay a human. As a trucking company owner, I know I would.
Step away from the bong.