bgum wrote:
We already have a 99 car train that is operated by one person. Why are we not shipping more by train.
The trucks are so big they dominate highways and streets in towns. Those streets were never intended to have trucks that long be used as delivery vans/trucks.
Rail lines don't go everywhere roads go.
But really, the technology has been there for a while. Maybe 8yrs ago, I got a ride along on a semi around downtown detroit (actual streets and freeways not a closed course) with no one in the drivers seat.
The biggest issue is the legal/liability framework. Even if they are 10 times safer (and this is likely the case), when there is a crash, who will be held responsible and what will the payout be. With an idiot driver, it's the devil you know even if they are a worse devil.
