Comment on The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
And how do they handle a person slowing down in front of them and hijacking them? At least a human might be able to navigate away aggressively but I think the programming would prevent as much harm as possible.
This new lawless future and we may need to raid corpo lords.
No one is “navigating away” from motivated thieves in an 18 wheeler loaded with cargo.
why would you want a human doing anything aggressive on the road endangering themselves and likely others in the process?
If you’re getting hijacked don’t risk your life and others’ lives on the road for the sake of corporate assets.
Honestly, sounds like the corporation’s problem. I’m more afraid for human lives than some product in the back. In a case like that it’d be better to not have a driver who could be killed.
Why do you think a morbidly obese truck driver would have any luck against blaggers with shotguns ?
Driverless does not meant unmonitored. Aside from numerous sensors, including door sensors, you really think if it suddenly slows to 0 mph at an unscheduled time/location that it’s not going to alert someone? “Hey, your freight just stopped transporting itself. Guess we should do nothing”. Aside from most of these being ready to be taken over by a remote driver if need be for liability and convenience reasons.
saltesc@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I can’t really imagine people wanting to hijack a truck that’s basically a giant camera and tracking sysystem.
futatorius@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
Bring lots of aluminum foil to wrap it in.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I dunno I can see it being done, go in first with a drone and blind the cameras one by one (not hard to rig it up with spray paint) then go in and grab the goods, pick an isolated section of the route so you’re gone by the time anyone comes looking.
I for one predict a glorious era of road pirates.
futatorius@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
I’d pay to see that movie.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve seen plenty of youtube videos to know people are dumb enough to try this.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The resistance needs supplies!
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Really?
Big box truck, no plate or other #s on the rear. Halloween masks for the crew.
I think that’d work, no problem.
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If they unloaded the goods to another truck really fucking fast, maybe. Otherwise they’re just being recorded on top of a giant GPS beacon that’s alerting a system that something abnormal is happening so rally nearby law enforcement. It’d way easier to hold up a bookies, with a shotgun, Saul.
GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
You’re not wrong, but there are a lot of places in america where law enforcement presence is a long way away. Those places also typically have two lane highways and not much, if any, shoulder. That makes stopping the truck easy enough. Add to that the heavy presence of hideaways in the forests around, and you could jack a fair amount from a truck and shuck it into your box truck before skedaddling to a rural dirt road and all of its pullouts right quick.