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• barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No. Not securing loads is the dangerous part. You need a human in there anyway and with the current sorry state of driving automation best you can do is have them browse the delivery list while the car is handling a traffic jam.

  There’s a reason you don’t see the likes of UPS or DHL get into automated cars, but venture capital moonshot tech companies promising nonsense on the one hand, as well as traditional car manufacturers with way more reasonable claims. IIRC Audi is actually leading the pack.

  And it’s not like UPS or DHL know nothing about vehicles, they’re driving custom orders. DHL even was a manufacturer for some time.

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  • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No. Not securing loads is the dangerous part.

    Jesus christ, you’re trying to argue that driving isn’t dangerous? Ok bud, glad to see you’re approaching this discussion in good faith /s

    There’s a reason you don’t see the likes of UPS or DHL get into automated cars, but venture capital moonshot tech companies promising nonsense on the one hand,

    Yeah, cause they literally started from DARPA’s moonshot program and take massive amounts of cutting edge machine learning to execute, not DHL / UPS’ strong suit.

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    • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      not exactly DHL / UPS’ strong suit

      What part of “DHL manufactured cars themselves” did you not understand. They know exactly what they need from their vehicles and self-driving wasn’t on the list. Electric was on the list, specific range requirements were on the list, second front seat wasn’t, instead you have comfortable loading heights and well thought through access to the load. That’s the stuff that actually matters for a delivery van. Automated driving would only get into the way of the fancy manoeuvring the vans do.

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      • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Distracted commuters are where the accidents happen, people who should not be using roads but public transportation.

        Yeah, you’re right, there’s no point implementing any road safety standards or technology whatsoever because it would be better if we all just instantly switched to public transportation! Thank god we live in a world where it’s only ever worth it to pursue the most perfect and naïve solution!

        What part of “DHL manufactured cars themselves” did you not understand. They know exactly what they need from their vehicles and self-driving wasn’t on the list.

        Lol, DHL didn’t specify self driving because it wasn’t an available option, and they don’t have the technical capability to build, not because they wouldn’t want it. They have an entire page on their website stating explicitly that they are closely monitoring self driving technology as it stands to have a huge impact on their business.

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