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8. Dodging trucks on I5 going up to Oregon

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 11:07 PM

17 hrs ago

is already so much fun - maybe the driverless ones can be programmed to stay under the speed limit (which is 10 mph lower for trucks). The downgrade after Siskiyou pass at the border is scary enough today - even with drivers who check their truck's breaks before they try it!

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California proposes to allow testing of driverless heavy-duty trucks [View all] groundloop 20 hrs ago OP

What could possibly go wrong? RandySF 20 hrs ago #1

That is more than a little insane, when railroad tracks are available & can haul many shipping containers... Hekate 20 hrs ago #2

It's a big state and railroads don't run everywhere. marybourg 20 hrs ago #4

They're still used extensively Retrograde 17 hrs ago #7

It's only a proposal. I'd be surprised if it was ever approved. Auggie 20 hrs ago #3

Wow! makes sense... Multichromatic 18 hrs ago #5

Please, God, NOOOO moonbeam23 17 hrs ago #6

Dodging trucks on I5 going up to Oregon Retrograde 17 hrs ago #8

As someone who drove trucks for 15 years... Mawspam2 15 hrs ago #9

Oh, what the heck, let's give it a shot. What do we have to lose. Buddyzbuddy 14 hrs ago #10

I've tried WayMo's. I have a car with all the driver-assist features. I don't want driverless big trucks out on the road NBachers 13 hrs ago #11

It sounds like a terrible idea. Why not build a large, closed road&track district and test trucks there until... xocetaceans 12 hrs ago #12