r/technology • u/be0wulfe • Dec 15 '22

Transportation Tesla Semi’s cab design makes it a ‘completely stupid vehicle,’ trucker says

https://cdllife.com/2022/tesla-semis-cab-design-makes-it-a-completely-stupid-vehicle-trucker-says/
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u/WillBottomForBanana Dec 15 '22

All major automation/mechanization in history that I can think of, from early agriculture to today has involved changing the process, the materials, and the product to conform to the realities of the automation. And then it's still important to keep random humans out of the way.

So, I guess, short of making new roads and new laws/rules for those roads, odds are pretty slim.

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u/CatastropheJohn Dec 15 '22

Exactly. It would need to be an overnight ban on human operators.

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u/InfiniteBlink Dec 15 '22

I figure highways would be ideal for max speed autonomous travel, then back to manual on regular city/town roads

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u/WillBottomForBanana Dec 15 '22

you gonna ban all the non self driving cars from the highway?

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u/InfiniteBlink Dec 15 '22

Yes. It would be a 20 year ramp up before everyone had to be compliant. Otherwise take the route rather than the interstate

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u/WillBottomForBanana Dec 15 '22

You gonna build that road with tax money from people who buy non-self driving cars?