Ready or not, autonomous semi-trailers are coming to American highways
PALMER, Texas — Perched In THE Taxi of A 35,000 pounds semi-trailer lumbering south on Between States 45, A J Jenkins look at THE road while THE big the platforms piloting wheel slipped through her hands. Jenkins was In THE Drivers seat, but he was not conduct. THE gigantic 18 wheels was guidance himself.
On several kilometers on THE popular trucking itinerary between Dallas And Houston, THE truck sailed tire debris, maneuver around A disheveled appearance flat And slow motion For A emergency vehicle. Exit THE Highway, he came has A sudden stop as A pick up jumped up It is turn has A four paths intersection.
Advertisement"You need has be ready For Nothing," said Jenkins, 64, A ancient FedEx driver of which job East has take control if Nothing go fake. "People TO DO a few mad thing around trucks. »
Exploited by Dawn Innovation, THE truck East part of A new class of autonomous big platforms crisscross THE the nation highways. By THE END of This year, THE trucks will For THE First of all time to start traveling alone, without human guardians as Jenkins, as two major companies — Dawn And Kodiak Robotics — launch fully autonomous trucks In Texas.
THE advent of robot trucks could to have A massive impact on America provide chain, dramatically reduce THE time he takes has transportation goods Since place has place And untie THE trucking industry Since THE costs And physical boundaries of human work. But THE technology advancement has sets off concerns about Highway security, job loss, A lack of federal regulation And A patchwork of State laws concerning Or And how autonomous trucks can work.
By default, driverless passenger Vehicles And trucks can to go up anywhere In THE United States, unless A State explicitly said they can't. That means companies can test And function their Vehicles through most of THE country. Two dozen States, including Texas, Florida, Arizona And Nevada, specifically allow driverless the operations, according to has data compiled by Dawn, while another 16 States to have No regulations specific has autonomous Vehicles. THE remaining ten — including California, Massachusetts And New York — place boundaries on autonomous Vehicles In their borders.
Alarm by THE slow pace of federal regulation, work And security defenders are push legislation In several States has to forbid driverless trucks downright. SO far, THE effort has has been unsuccessful. THE California legislature ...
PALMER, Texas — Perched In THE Taxi of A 35,000 pounds semi-trailer lumbering south on Between States 45, A J Jenkins look at THE road while THE big the platforms piloting wheel slipped through her hands. Jenkins was In THE Drivers seat, but he was not conduct. THE gigantic 18 wheels was guidance himself.
On several kilometers on THE popular trucking itinerary between Dallas And Houston, THE truck sailed tire debris, maneuver around A disheveled appearance flat And slow motion For A emergency vehicle. Exit THE Highway, he came has A sudden stop as A pick up jumped up It is turn has A four paths intersection.
Advertisement"You need has be ready For Nothing," said Jenkins, 64, A ancient FedEx driver of which job East has take control if Nothing go fake. "People TO DO a few mad thing around trucks. »
Exploited by Dawn Innovation, THE truck East part of A new class of autonomous big platforms crisscross THE the nation highways. By THE END of This year, THE trucks will For THE First of all time to start traveling alone, without human guardians as Jenkins, as two major companies — Dawn And Kodiak Robotics — launch fully autonomous trucks In Texas.
THE advent of robot trucks could to have A massive impact on America provide chain, dramatically reduce THE time he takes has transportation goods Since place has place And untie THE trucking industry Since THE costs And physical boundaries of human work. But THE technology advancement has sets off concerns about Highway security, job loss, A lack of federal regulation And A patchwork of State laws concerning Or And how autonomous trucks can work.
By default, driverless passenger Vehicles And trucks can to go up anywhere In THE United States, unless A State explicitly said they can't. That means companies can test And function their Vehicles through most of THE country. Two dozen States, including Texas, Florida, Arizona And Nevada, specifically allow driverless the operations, according to has data compiled by Dawn, while another 16 States to have No regulations specific has autonomous Vehicles. THE remaining ten — including California, Massachusetts And New York — place boundaries on autonomous Vehicles In their borders.
Alarm by THE slow pace of federal regulation, work And security defenders are push legislation In several States has to forbid driverless trucks downright. SO far, THE effort has has been unsuccessful. THE California legislature ...
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