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In reply to the discussion: Why does no-one want to work this shitty job? [View all]Amishman
(5,954 posts)The dominos delivery vehicle doesn't even has space for a human driver, and it is on the road already in a pilot program in Texas.
For trucks, I read an article a few months back (can't find it now) that the idea is to have a driverless vehicle handle the middle leg of long distance trucking. It would go something like this: Truck gets loaded at a distribution hub along a major highway. Driverless truck gets on the road at 11pm, and drives 300 miles on that highway - never changing lanes or passing anyone. It gets to the next hub at 4am. Route is extremely simple, anyone can pass it, and due to timing it has very little traffic to contend with. I believe the company in that article was preparing for on road trials, with a human driver along just in case it has problems but otherwise doing nothing but watching.