Driver-less Semi Trucks have started.

stevej37 · 07:50 AM

Aurora trucks started driving between Houston and Dallas yesterday.
Will be interesting to see how this works out.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/transportation/articles/first-driverless-semis-started-running-213139083.html

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David · David's Garage

stevej37 · 05-02-2025, 09:49 AM

I wonder if the truck stops will have a 'full service lane' to fill the fuel tanks when needed?

Shaun @ Tru6 · 05-02-2025, 09:54 AM

AI is creating a chapter in the Teamsters.

stevej37 · 05-02-2025, 10:03 AM

If I were driving I-45...I'd be on the look-out for them.

3rd_gear_Ted · 05-02-2025, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

AI is creating a chapter in the Teamsters.

I'm all in on being their Union Steward.
Grievances for terabytes and latency.

masraum · 05-02-2025, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevej37

Aurora trucks started driving between Houston and Dallas yesterday.
Will be interesting to see how this works out.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/transportation/articles/first-driverless-semis-started-running-213139083.html

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If you notice in the photo above, the top of the cab has arms coming off of it to the sides. Yesterday on the way home I passed a truck that had those. I realized that they were for cameras or sensors and thought "huh, that's new. Does the guy inside have screens that allows him to see what those see?" The truth is even more fantastic. I wonder if they are running with a dude sitting there as part of a trial or something.

masraum · 05-02-2025, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by 3rd_gear_Ted

I'm all in on being their Union Steward.
Grievances for terabytes and latency.

LOL! We need more bandwidth! We need more memory! We need more CPU!

stevej37 · 05-02-2025, 11:15 AM

Yeah, I didn't notice those earlier.
A pic from inside of one of the Aurora Semi's as it's rolling.

masraum · 05-02-2025, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by stevej37

Yeah, I didn't notice those earlier.
A pic from inside of one of the Aurora Semi's as it's rolling.

The truck that I passed yesterday looked relatively ordinary except there were obvious appendages/wings at the top of the cab that clearly had cameras/sensors.

I wish I'd realized. I'd have taken a closer look.

stevej37 · 11:33 AM

^^^ It's hard to read...but the truck is doing 50 or 59 mph in the above pic.

herr_oberst · 05-02-2025, 11:53 AM

It'd be cool if they'd stick to the middle lanes.

(speedo says 59)

URY914 · URY914's Garage

If the truck has no driver does the driver have to speak English?

https://www.wlbt.com/2025/04/30/trump-signs-executive-order-requiring-truck-drivers-speak-english/

ryans65 · 05-02-2025, 12:16 PM

I wonder if they're programmed to pass each other on 95 but only at 1-2 mph faster than the other truck? Also when three lanes are present I wonder if they're programmed to occupy all three, side by side, for as long as possible? What about the piss jugs? Who will throw the piss jugs all over every rest stop, off ramp or vacant parking lot from coast to coast?

The Synergizer · The Synergizer's Garage

Just keep your eyes peeled, the trucks are learning...

Gogar · 05-02-2025, 12:21 PM

call me crazy but I just see dead bodies everywhere

The Synergizer · The Synergizer's Garage

^ Nothing to fear...

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

We have thousands of trucks with brainless drivers, so this is likely a step up. So many truckers are just really bad drivers, and seem to hate the job.

We all have been stuck behind two trucks blocking the road and the one in the passing lane is incapable of pulling off the pass in less that 10 miles. I have been run off the road once, and only the shoulder kept me from getting crushed.

In St. Louis the interchanges are nuts, and one semi decided he needed my lane to go where he was going. I had a split second to decide to be dead right, or change lanes and go to the wrong state. I figured the wrong state, and a long turnaround was better.

stevej37 · 05-02-2025, 12:48 PM

[QUOTE=Gogar;12457851]call me crazy but I just see dead bodies everywhere[/QUOTE
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It'll be like Michigan in the spring...ditches full of carcasses. Mostly deer here though.
Biking two days ago...I counted 12 rib cages sticking up within 10 miles.

masraum · 05-02-2025, 12:56 PM

~3days/wk, I commute ~84miles each way into Houston on I-10. I leave the house at about 445am. I get home between 1230 and 2 depending upon meetings and if I stop at the grocery store.

In the mornings when I'm driving, the truckers are pretty good. I've had truckers that started trying to pass another truck back off and move over to allow me to pass.