Autonomous Trucks
Self-driving vehicles are stopping in traffic for no apparent reason and blocking emergency vehicles reports the Los Angeles Times. I have repeatedly warned that autonomous vehicles could only be truly safely operated on closed courses where the possible moves of all other vehicles would be known in advance and therefore predictable. Our total experience as humans while driving does not narrow substantially when we get into a car or truck. You just have to experience it.”Our tech barons seem to lack the literary education needed to understand these limits and so press ahead with ill-advised schemes to fill the roadways with autonomous vehicles. Image: Picturization of self driving car from drivers perspective, active breaking and obstacle reconnaissance (2020).