Aurora becomes first company to deploy Class 8 self-driving trucks on US public roads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.



I could stop your automated truck just by having two vehicles slow down and stop in front of it. The safety and anti-collision systems will ensure that it stops and avoids any accidents, and then sits there obediently while the two vehicles block both lanes. Then another member of the team gets into the trailer, and loots out whatever pieces of cargo they want and loads it in their vehicle.

Cops? Cops might be 10 or more minutes away. Cameras? Who cares? Everyone is masked anyway. No plates on the cars either. How do they know which truck to hijack? Because they have a friend at the terminal who knows the manifests and lets me know which truck has 500 new laptops or crates of cigarettes or liquor or guns, so I don’t waste my efforts on a rando truck hauling tomatoes.


Y’all don’t think like criminals, that’s for sure

How about when you get sprayed by that UV fluorescent paint as soon as you try to break the lock on the truck? How about when they have gates beyond the doors and it takes you ten minutes to get them open (and by that time the police have arrived)? How about when they can use cameras that can identify you through retinal scanning? Or even voice prints that are recorded (although retinal would be better)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.



I could stop your automated truck just by having two vehicles slow down and stop in front of it. The safety and anti-collision systems will ensure that it stops and avoids any accidents, and then sits there obediently while the two vehicles block both lanes. Then another member of the team gets into the trailer, and loots out whatever pieces of cargo they want and loads it in their vehicle.

Cops? Cops might be 10 or more minutes away. Cameras? Who cares? Everyone is masked anyway. No plates on the cars either. How do they know which truck to hijack? Because they have a friend at the terminal who knows the manifests and lets me know which truck has 500 new laptops or crates of cigarettes or liquor or guns, so I don’t waste my efforts on a rando truck hauling tomatoes.


Y’all don’t think like criminals, that’s for sure

How about when you get sprayed by that UV fluorescent paint as soon as you try to break the lock on the truck? How about when they have gates beyond the doors and it takes you ten minutes to get them open (and by that time the police have arrived)? How about when they can use cameras that can identify you through retinal scanning? Or even voice prints that are recorded (although retinal would be better)?

How about police aren’t really even going to do much at all other than issue a report # for an insurance claim? There was no human being put at risk or exposed to violence - therefore the response is not a priority call to begin with. It’s not a crime of violence, so jail time is very unlikely even if someone IS caught. Public sentiment on jury would also tend to fall towards the accused, since everyone knows the purpose of automated trucks is to put drivers out of work - and in a few years everyone will know someone who’s unemployed because of AI.

Put simply - you’re going to be hard pressed to find anyone who gives a sh!t that someone is stealing from the robot that took people’s jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.

I could stop your automated truck just by having two vehicles slow down and stop in front of it. The safety and anti-collision systems will ensure that it stops and avoids any accidents, and then sits there obediently while the two vehicles block both lanes. Then another member of the team gets into the trailer, and loots out whatever pieces of cargo they want and loads it in their vehicle.

Cops? Cops might be 10 or more minutes away. Cameras? Who cares? Everyone is masked anyway. No plates on the cars either. How do they know which truck to hijack? Because they have a friend at the terminal who knows the manifests and lets me know which truck has 500 new laptops or crates of cigarettes or liquor or guns, so I don’t waste my efforts on a rando truck hauling tomatoes.


Y’all don’t think like criminals, that’s for sure

DP. Obviously you have never work in trucking, warehouse or retail sector. It takes time to unload a truck and hard work to unload a truck specially in the middle of a highway. Once unload you have to load in to another vehicle. You would be there way over an hour with traffic backing up. Anything if value has serial numbers. Fully assembled stolen computers will be bricked. What you are proposing would not work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting.
And so many people in the Jobs and Careers forum here think A.I. won't replace their cush office jobs.

My job isn’t automatable although AI could improve what we do a lot.

If it is currently not, it won't be long until it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.

I could stop your automated truck just by having two vehicles slow down and stop in front of it. The safety and anti-collision systems will ensure that it stops and avoids any accidents, and then sits there obediently while the two vehicles block both lanes. Then another member of the team gets into the trailer, and loots out whatever pieces of cargo they want and loads it in their vehicle.

Cops? Cops might be 10 or more minutes away. Cameras? Who cares? Everyone is masked anyway. No plates on the cars either. How do they know which truck to hijack? Because they have a friend at the terminal who knows the manifests and lets me know which truck has 500 new laptops or crates of cigarettes or liquor or guns, so I don’t waste my efforts on a rando truck hauling tomatoes.


Y’all don’t think like criminals, that’s for sure

DP. Obviously you have never work in trucking, warehouse or retail sector. It takes time to unload a truck and hard work to unload a truck specially in the middle of a highway. Once unload you have to load in to another vehicle. You would be there way over an hour with traffic backing up. Anything if value has serial numbers. Fully assembled stolen computers will be bricked. What you are proposing would not work.

Watch some videos of trucks and trains being looted in broad daylight in major cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.

I could stop your automated truck just by having two vehicles slow down and stop in front of it. The safety and anti-collision systems will ensure that it stops and avoids any accidents, and then sits there obediently while the two vehicles block both lanes. Then another member of the team gets into the trailer, and loots out whatever pieces of cargo they want and loads it in their vehicle.

Cops? Cops might be 10 or more minutes away. Cameras? Who cares? Everyone is masked anyway. No plates on the cars either. How do they know which truck to hijack? Because they have a friend at the terminal who knows the manifests and lets me know which truck has 500 new laptops or crates of cigarettes or liquor or guns, so I don’t waste my efforts on a rando truck hauling tomatoes.


Y’all don’t think like criminals, that’s for sure

DP. Obviously you have never work in trucking, warehouse or retail sector. It takes time to unload a truck and hard work to unload a truck specially in the middle of a highway. Once unload you have to load in to another vehicle. You would be there way over an hour with traffic backing up. Anything if value has serial numbers. Fully assembled stolen computers will be bricked. What you are proposing would not work.

Watch some videos of trucks and trains being looted in broad daylight in major cities.

lol looting a truck in a major city? You will be lucky to get 3 blocks away. Let me guess you are a shut in and watch a lot of TV? You are pretty funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.

I could stop your automated truck just by having two vehicles slow down and stop in front of it. The safety and anti-collision systems will ensure that it stops and avoids any accidents, and then sits there obediently while the two vehicles block both lanes. Then another member of the team gets into the trailer, and loots out whatever pieces of cargo they want and loads it in their vehicle.

Cops? Cops might be 10 or more minutes away. Cameras? Who cares? Everyone is masked anyway. No plates on the cars either. How do they know which truck to hijack? Because they have a friend at the terminal who knows the manifests and lets me know which truck has 500 new laptops or crates of cigarettes or liquor or guns, so I don’t waste my efforts on a rando truck hauling tomatoes.


Y’all don’t think like criminals, that’s for sure

DP. Obviously you have never work in trucking, warehouse or retail sector. It takes time to unload a truck and hard work to unload a truck specially in the middle of a highway. Once unload you have to load in to another vehicle. You would be there way over an hour with traffic backing up. Anything if value has serial numbers. Fully assembled stolen computers will be bricked. What you are proposing would not work.

Watch some videos of trucks and trains being looted in broad daylight in major cities.

lol looting a truck in a major city? You will be lucky to get 3 blocks away. Let me guess you are a shut in and watch a lot of TV? You are pretty funny.

Trains get looted all the time in downtown Los Angeles.

Do a YouTube search.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.

I could stop your automated truck just by having two vehicles slow down and stop in front of it. The safety and anti-collision systems will ensure that it stops and avoids any accidents, and then sits there obediently while the two vehicles block both lanes. Then another member of the team gets into the trailer, and loots out whatever pieces of cargo they want and loads it in their vehicle.

Cops? Cops might be 10 or more minutes away. Cameras? Who cares? Everyone is masked anyway. No plates on the cars either. How do they know which truck to hijack? Because they have a friend at the terminal who knows the manifests and lets me know which truck has 500 new laptops or crates of cigarettes or liquor or guns, so I don’t waste my efforts on a rando truck hauling tomatoes.


Y’all don’t think like criminals, that’s for sure

DP. Obviously you have never work in trucking, warehouse or retail sector. It takes time to unload a truck and hard work to unload a truck specially in the middle of a highway. Once unload you have to load in to another vehicle. You would be there way over an hour with traffic backing up. Anything if value has serial numbers. Fully assembled stolen computers will be bricked. What you are proposing would not work.

Watch some videos of trucks and trains being looted in broad daylight in major cities.

lol looting a truck in a major city? You will be lucky to get 3 blocks away. Let me guess you are a shut in and watch a lot of TV? You are pretty funny.

Trolling huh? Pretty lame attempt bot. Reprogram and try again. Thousands of videos online that even a bot can watch.

[Anonymous]

I’m somewhat familiar with the trucking industry and know firsthand how hard it is to hire someone with a CDL who can pass a drug test. Add in being able to operate a manual transmission and your candidate pool is very small. Self driving trucks are going to be a necessity.