showcrop
Well-known Member
A customer recently told me about his order taking two extra days to arrive. I called the lady in the office who handles the shipping. She told me that she is having a very tough time to get carriers for our product. I hope that the self driving trucks can get on the road in great numbers very soon. Besides being able to run without the drivers that are no longer available, they will run far more miles without problems, especially crashes. We have had the technology to alert drivers to freezing temperatures, black ice, fog, stopped vehicles ahead etc. for years. The self driven trucks, instead of barreling on like a few humans do, will slow down for the problem, so many of the horrific multi-vehicle crashes that we have seen on TV in the last year won't happen. These trucks will do the OTR long haul terminal to terminal work that human drivers don't want, so that the drivers can stay local like they want to doing the work that takes reasoning. The major carriers will set up fueling stops dedicated to the autonomous trucks just off the highways, where they will get checked out while being fueled. They will perhaps get fuel cells like the race cars do so that they can safely carry a lot more fuel, so that far fewer stops are needed. They will be on the road in greater numbers when cars are fewer so congestion will be reduced.