On 5/9/2016 11:15 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 6:00:08 AM UTC-10, Doug Freyburger wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> Driverless cars are not as outrageous as some here seem to think.
>>> Forget drunk drivers. It scares the bejebus out of me to see creaky
>>> old people with their poor vision and slow reflexes behind the wheel -
>>> but they want to remain independent, so driverless cars are the way to
>>> go. Even Lyft will be experimenting with the concept.
>>
>> Driver less cars now exist in small numbers. From here on out their
>> number will grow steadily as their price falls. I figure 10ish years
>> before I see them most days, 20ish years before most vehicles are
>> driver less. There is still a career in truck driving for anyone who
>> wants to not be at home, though the field will wither as the years
>> move on.
>>
>> Driver less cars are not wreck free but they are closer than any human
>> age group.
>
> I think most commercial long-distance haulers should mostly be driven without humans. It would seem to be a safer and cheaper route. As far as I know, robots don't need much sleep.

An excellent idea, and no worries about whites, lot lizards, or
speedballing the picket fence...

> My brother-in-law thinks that the commercial driver's school for these big rigs are a scam and that the drivers aren't ready for the road. I'm inclined to believe him.

Let me agree with that 100%.

The past three years we've called in several clueless truck driver
trainees each summer to their dispatchers.

The response is always good and many times they have had a LOT of calls
on a given driver.

It's getting really frightening out there on the interstates.