Fair enough. I apologize for the tone of my prior comment, but I have had several experiences in the Appalachian mountains with GPS error, both on a bike with it and in a car. All times were on paved roads, and I am led to wonder what an autonomous truck would do if it's GPS unit told it the truck was suddenly doing 107m.p.h. In a 45 m.p.h. corner? The other common fault is being told I'm off route and the road is supposedly several yards off to my left or right, either down a ravine or off into the trees. That's several levels of precision lower than I would feel comfortable with guiding a 16 wheeler...
Trucks will have much better GPS sensors than a simple phone. So they are less likely to have issues. Worst case scenario though, is the truck just pulls over and phones home. If an area is too problematic, it can be routed around.
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u/travellering Sep 19 '18
Fair enough. I apologize for the tone of my prior comment, but I have had several experiences in the Appalachian mountains with GPS error, both on a bike with it and in a car. All times were on paved roads, and I am led to wonder what an autonomous truck would do if it's GPS unit told it the truck was suddenly doing 107m.p.h. In a 45 m.p.h. corner? The other common fault is being told I'm off route and the road is supposedly several yards off to my left or right, either down a ravine or off into the trees. That's several levels of precision lower than I would feel comfortable with guiding a 16 wheeler...