Automotive News Discussion

[Senor_Taylor]

Long haul makes the most sense for partial/full autonomy too.  You could have a "captain" that just hangs out and steps in during emergency or system failure situations or when the tech really evolves, no person in the cab at all and just employ yard jockeys at distribution hubs to jump in and do the fancy / tough or poor weather / conditions maneuvering around the docking areas.

Maybe I'm just a simple backwoods hillbilly, but I'm really uncomfortable with the thought of fully autonomous cars. I understand humans are error prone and less precise, but that really freaks me out.

Isn't this...basically how planes work?

Autopilot controls pitch and heading and there aren't other planes in the sky. Once a pilot comes in for approach, the sticks are theirs. Completely different than a car navigating traffic, stopping, going, turning, making decisions.

Autopilot makes no decisions except maintain air speed, altitude, and heading. Which is the same as turning on cruise control and tying a string to the steering wheel.

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