I thought I was seeing fewer butt cracks in public these days. It’s been a long time since a new CW song came out with 18 wheelers, the signs were there we just missed them. The long lonesome highway is just getting lonelier.
Guess what Agent? The future I mentioned in the autonomous vehicle article, that I said would take a couple of decades to get here, is already here.
Once again – for good or bad, autonomous vehicles (and trucks) and their associated risks are happening no matter what…we need to learn how to deal with it sooner rather than later.
Here is disruptive technology. I can foresee needing to get from Chicago to Atlanta, leaving from home about 7p and sleeping on the drive, arriving around 7a. I won’t need a hotel, just a place to shower and change (gussied up truck stops?) and then same for the ride home. What does this do for a lot of hotel business?
Not much. Many trucks already have sleeping areas. Truck stops with showers are already available. What this does is cut down the time for the trip as there will be no stop necessary while the driver sleeps. Though that is often handled by driving teams – one sleeps while the other drives.
I was thinking more of the ordinary business traveler who will have a self driving car. How does this impact travel and hotel usage when the business traveler can sleep while the car drives itself.
What are you trying to get across by providing this link? It says 3 autonomous vehicles were rear-ended by cars driven by humans in the past 8 months (one other loss was at an intersection when the autonomous car was stopped and in “manual” mode, so that doesn’t count).
What point were you trying to make when you shared this article?
The point is that autonomous vehicles are not as safe as the manufacturer would have you believe. They’ve only been out a short time and they’re already in accidents?? A real driver could probably have avoided those.
Thank you for explaining that, James. Can’t say I agree with your point that “a real driver could probably have avoided those” since nobody (carriers, police, DoI, etc.) expects a driver to be able to avoid being rear-ended while stopped, which is how the accidents with the autonomous vehicles occurred in your link.
“BRING’EM ON” !!
WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME CHANGE IN GR. PHILA./NORTH JERSY AREA WHERE I DRIVE AND TRUCK TRAFFIC IS LIKE A SCENE FROM THE MAD MAX MOVIE !!!
This is very bad news for tucking insurers no matter how you slice it. However, very good news for the Trucking Companies, IE no need for the drivers and WC, Etc.
IF ONLY I COULD GET A TRUCK TO HAUL ME DOWN TO SUBWAY FOR LUNCH! LOL!!
“The Simpsons did it!”
I tried to get their insurance but they wanted an agentless agency!
I thought I was seeing fewer butt cracks in public these days. It’s been a long time since a new CW song came out with 18 wheelers, the signs were there we just missed them. The long lonesome highway is just getting lonelier.
Guess what Agent? The future I mentioned in the autonomous vehicle article, that I said would take a couple of decades to get here, is already here.
Once again – for good or bad, autonomous vehicles (and trucks) and their associated risks are happening no matter what…we need to learn how to deal with it sooner rather than later.
I will learn to give autonomous trucks a very wide berth. Should be a rich field for the hacker boys who will just steal it for the goods.
Here is disruptive technology. I can foresee needing to get from Chicago to Atlanta, leaving from home about 7p and sleeping on the drive, arriving around 7a. I won’t need a hotel, just a place to shower and change (gussied up truck stops?) and then same for the ride home. What does this do for a lot of hotel business?
Not much. Many trucks already have sleeping areas. Truck stops with showers are already available. What this does is cut down the time for the trip as there will be no stop necessary while the driver sleeps. Though that is often handled by driving teams – one sleeps while the other drives.
I was thinking more of the ordinary business traveler who will have a self driving car. How does this impact travel and hotel usage when the business traveler can sleep while the car drives itself.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32691887
What are you trying to get across by providing this link? It says 3 autonomous vehicles were rear-ended by cars driven by humans in the past 8 months (one other loss was at an intersection when the autonomous car was stopped and in “manual” mode, so that doesn’t count).
What point were you trying to make when you shared this article?
The point is that autonomous vehicles are not as safe as the manufacturer would have you believe. They’ve only been out a short time and they’re already in accidents?? A real driver could probably have avoided those.
And these vehicles weren’t hacked. Imagine what will happen when hackers figure out how to do that.
Thank you for explaining that, James. Can’t say I agree with your point that “a real driver could probably have avoided those” since nobody (carriers, police, DoI, etc.) expects a driver to be able to avoid being rear-ended while stopped, which is how the accidents with the autonomous vehicles occurred in your link.
“BRING’EM ON” !!
WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME CHANGE IN GR. PHILA./NORTH JERSY AREA WHERE I DRIVE AND TRUCK TRAFFIC IS LIKE A SCENE FROM THE MAD MAX MOVIE !!!
This is very bad news for tucking insurers no matter how you slice it. However, very good news for the Trucking Companies, IE no need for the drivers and WC, Etc.