r/Infuriating • u/MdTooDevilish Valued Contributor • 4d ago

Trucker crashes after falling asleep driving 40ton deathmachine

This piece of shit driving all over the road putting other peoples lives at risk

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u/MoodVast9430 4d ago

Driverless trucks will stop this

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u/RevolutionaryElk7446 4d ago

One day. We don't have driverless cars and trucks worth a damn yet though despite over a decades of Tesla promise.

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u/MoodVast9430 4d ago

They are coming whether people like it or not. Burying your head like people did when the automobile was invented is pointless

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u/RevolutionaryElk7446 4d ago

Who is burying their head? It would appear you meant that comment for someone else.

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u/GlazzKitsune 4d ago

Maybe not Tesla's but waymo has been fully autonomous for a few years now, in select citys

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u/RevolutionaryElk7446 4d ago

As level 4 autonomy which means within it's mapped, geofenced operating zones.

It's been 17 years Waymo started, since 2009, and 9 years since level 4 autonomy with prediction for level 5 autonomy at 2040+

Level 5 has a huge engineering gap. Basically the way they're doing it today can't work at scale and they haven't solved that issue. This is what trucking would require.

However they may not go for level 5, as they believe level 4 in select areas is commercially viable enough and that level 5 is not a necessity for profit.