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 Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 08:06 PM
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Was working a gig for google today. Had no idea what it was.
Apparently there are self driving 18 wheelers. And I saw it in action today.
There are like 50 of these autonomous trucks.
Fascinating. They will be hitting i45 from
Houston to Dallas. Currently a driver is still in the truck. But they say they can drive it from San Francisco.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 08:07 PM
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 08:23 PM
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NORML as can be
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Hooray for modern technology, Now WTH are all the Truckers going to do  never liked this BS.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 08:24 PM
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But they say they can drive it from San Francisco. What happens when the signal is lost and its going 70 mph down the road?
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
[Re: redchevy]
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07/28/21 08:25 PM
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Cochise
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But they say they can drive it from San Francisco. What happens when the signal is lost and its going 70 mph down the road? What happens when it gets hacked?
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
[Re: redchevy]
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07/28/21 08:29 PM
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chalet
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But they say they can drive it from San Francisco. What happens when the signal is lost and its going 70 mph down the road? Prob the same thing that happens when a driver nods off to sleep.
Shoot. Eat. Repeat.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334254
07/28/21 08:30 PM
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Ol Thumper
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Hooray for modern technology, Now WTH are all the Truckers going to do never liked this BS. According to Joe become programmers and computer experts,,
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334278
07/28/21 08:51 PM
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Something tells me this is a really bad idea.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 08:53 PM
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Something tells me this is a really bad idea. Yeah, I would have to agree with that.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
[Re: skinnerback]
#8334283
07/28/21 08:54 PM
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Something tells me this is a really bad idea. Now why would you think that? 
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334285
07/28/21 08:55 PM
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When this goes mainstream, it will have tremendous impact on everything. Yeah there will be glitches and people killed, but crashes and deaths will go way down, insurance with it, less traffic, get to your location faster, less stress/road rage...
I can't wait to sleep in my camper on the way to my duck hunting spot at dark 30 in the morning.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
[Re: Cochise]
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07/28/21 09:00 PM
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But they say they can drive it from San Francisco. What happens when the signal is lost and its going 70 mph down the road? What happens when it gets hacked? Queue Keanu Reeves. Sounds like the plot to Speed III. - Truckers Revenge.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 09:05 PM
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But they say they can drive it from San Francisco. What happens when the signal is lost and its going 70 mph down the road? What happens when it gets hacked? Queue Keanu Reeves. Sounds like the plot to Speed III. - Truckers Revenge. That bum didn't even show up on Speed II.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 09:06 PM
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It’s the future, making locomotives that way too. Soon
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 09:19 PM
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What next?
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 09:22 PM
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NORML as can be
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(R-TX) .-- " TCNN CURL CRLB VRNO AYR SNDL CGC TLRY MSOS "
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 09:24 PM
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Hope they do a better job of staying the [censored] outta the left lane if they can’t run but 65-68 mph.
I don’t know what happened to the truck drivers this day and age but the days of courtesies from truck drivers are over. Damn sure wasn’t that way when I left trucking.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 09:31 PM
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Do you suppose they can read and heed those "No Trucks Left Lane" signs?
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334347
07/28/21 09:39 PM
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Fine, let’s stop hearing about high prices/supply chain shortages due to lack of trucking since we will have a fix to that problem.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334351
07/28/21 09:44 PM
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The tech guy was so excited explaining the process of he could run it remotely. I asked him. How does it get gas?
They don’t have that covered yet.
They say deaths would drop drastically.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334354
07/28/21 09:46 PM
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Ol Thumper
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Their making 18 wheelers drive themselves but they can’t come up with a better tagging system for Texas  Lots of jobs will be lost in the near future from robotics/automation and the population is increasing daily so I guess the masses will be dependent on the government one way or another. I just hope I’m dead before they automate heavy equipment much faster than they already have. I got a book in the mail a couple weeks ago trying to sell remote control software so you can drive equipment off site. I’m to old for this crap.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334360
07/28/21 09:49 PM
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Some people have been sleeping going to work on Ca hiways for a long time so now the trucking industry is finally catching up.
Last edited by John2; 07/28/21 10:26 PM.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334371
07/28/21 09:56 PM
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It will be successful and much safer……this is the new frontier….the internet of things….drone Taxis as well…
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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#8334377
07/28/21 10:01 PM
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I am skeptical about 39 to 40 tons running down the highway at 70 mph without a human on board to step in if things break bad We shall see.
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Re: Self Driving 18 Wheelers.
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07/28/21 10:36 PM
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Some people have been sleeping going to work on Ca hiways for a long time so now the trucking industry is finally catching up. Good thing they are in a driverless car or they would have crashed.
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