Tag: driverless trucks

Overdrive Radio

Engineering realities v. hyperactive marketing: The ‘driverless’ trucking future explored

The Overdrive Radio podcast transports you like so many teleporting time machines back to the Aug. 22 panel at GATS about the $64,000 question: What’s the role of the driver look like at it changes over time with increasingly advanced layers of auto-assist technology?

September 6, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Redefining ‘driver’ puts ‘self-driving’ into sharper focus

With a sobering awareness of driverless truck challenges, the road to Level 5 autonomous trucking should be a very long one.

October 24, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Will ELDs or autonomous trucks make the bigger splash in the driver pool?

Progress from Google, Tesla and others with self-driving cars, including the occasional mention of Class 8 trucks, fuels speculation that driverless big rigs are about to rule the highway.

May 1, 2017

Business

Hours reform, importance of manned vehicles highlight FMCSA session on autonomous trucks

With several companies jockeying to bring autonomous trucks to market, industry stakeholders this week stressed to a panel of top officers from FMCSA the importance of manned control for tractor-trailers, at least for the foreseeable future. Commenters also noted the potential for hours of service reform.

April 25, 2017

Business

‘Driverless’ vehicles: Their inevitability and increased fatigue risks

In the scrum over autonomous vehicles, news from the 10th annual international “Managing Fatigue” conference in San Diego sees the fatigue science and regulatory community bracing for tech advancements. Some research shows counterintuitive safety results, however.

March 21, 2017

Channel 19

If Trump really wants to save U.S. jobs …

“If he (Trump) cares about the working man, he’ll stop this talk about driverless trucks.” –Trucker Jerry Jackson in Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial about autonomous vehicle tech threats.

January 5, 2017

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: What it’s like driving an autonomous truck, VW emissions scandal’s impact on U.S. truck market

What’s it like behind the wheel of a self-driving truck? And how do you get an autonomous endorsement for your CDL? Overdrive Equipment Editor Jack Roberts and OD News Editor James Jaillet talk details of automated trucking.

October 8, 2015

Business

Driverless trucks: Public shows concern with safety in survey

Results showed two-thirds of all survey respondents “said they would feel less safe sharing the road with driverless semi-trucks,” a majority showing no change in sentiment even “if it meant cheaper consumer products or reduced carbon emissions.”

November 3, 2014

Business

Driving Miss Bubble Witch in the autonomous sedan

“My mom and dad taught me a long time ago that if you make things too easy for someone, you’re not doing them any favors. Driving is a responsibility, and if you’re not down with accepting the responsibility, don’t do it.”

September 10, 2014

Business

Driverless vehicles could be available in 10-20 years, testifiers tell Congress

How close are self-driving (autonomous) vehicles? Close enough for Congress to start preparing, said a representative from General Motors.

November 20, 2013

Voices

Roundup: Return fire in owner-operator war, driverless trucks, truck-stop cuisine…

Independent rebuttal to prognosticators of insurmountable challenges of the owner-operator model; Driverless trucks: income opportunity?; Insurance: “we’ve got to stop this bill dead.”

August 15, 2013