A Self-Driving Truck Got a Shipment Cross-Country 10 Hours Faster Than a Human Driver
▻https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/01/a-driverless-truck-took-a-load-of-watermelons-cross-country-42-faste
there’s actually a law that limits truck drivers from being on the road for longer than 14 consecutive hours; within that span of time they can be driving for 11 hours, and they have to have been off-duty for at least 10 hours prior. It’s pretty self-explanatory, but the rule exists to keep overtired drivers off the road and prevent accidents. S
(...) What may actually happen is that autonomous driving tech helps fill a shortage of labor in long-haul trucking, which is seeing *increasingly high turnover, particularly with entry-level drivers*. An episode of NPR’s Planet Money from August 2020 discussed how the job has gotten harder on workers.
les routiers sont sympas mais pas assez corvéables, heureusement on a la solution avec les camions #autopilotés
And humans will still be a big part of the equation for many years to come, acting as safety drivers and last-mile drivers—and their jobs will be a lot easier than they are now.
En gros le routier n’aura plus à toucher le volant, il servira juste à aller en prison si l’algorithme écrase un piéton.
