Leo
Laporte, his guest, Iain Thomas, who is a reporter of “The register,” Phil
Libin who is CEO of “All Turtles,” and Lisa Schmeiser who is EIC Supersite for
Windows were discussing about the Tesla Zamboni on TWIT.tv through youtube.com.
According to Thomas, “The truck will need a driver in city traffic but not on the highway.” I’m currently a driver in the transportation field, there is more than stop and go, drivers face different
scenarios when commuting through the city and on the highway. There are pedestrians, and speed limits regulations that the Tesla Zamboni would have to follow. My question is what the difference from city and the highway? I know that city drivers have lower speeds, also more braking. Whereas, highways have higher speed and less braking. As a city and highway driver, I would not feel comfortable with a robot operating a killer machine behind me. What happens if the robot malfunction during a commute in city traffic, will there be someone behind the wheel to operate if an accident like this would occurs? However, I do agree with Iain comment, “the truck stops will die and the unemployment will be high.” This would be good for Tesla Company and may create employment and more revenue. But aside from Tesla taking millions of other jobs away, let’s say John and Susan has owned a truck stop company for the last fifteen years and suddenly they lose their customers. When creating a master piece business must be considerate on how it affects others. There are pros and cons to Tesla idea. Schmeiser thinks, Tesla will be reducing fuel cost. If Tesla reduce fuel cost does that mean gas prices will go up. Transportation company spend at least 28 million dollars on diesel gas a year.
To
better understand this idea, I gather more information on automated driving
semi. The Chicago Tribune stated, “the pros and cons of self-driving trucks” The pros were: Trucks could stay on the road for longer period while their drivers rest. Another pro was, trucking is a good candidate to be the first type of driving to be fully automate. My views towards their pro are that I disagree, just because this could cause accidents. Could a robot be prepared to handle curves and other unexpected things truckers deal with. As you see the picture down below, when the driver is not operating the truck, the driver is glue to a seat for several hours. Tesla is taking away comfortably from the driver. Truckers save money by living in the cab over the roads. The cost for hotel expenses truck companies will be spending for their drivers. This is worse than prison for drivers.
The Chicago Tribune stated, for their cons on automated driving, “without human
hands at the wheel could mean fewer jobs for 1.7 million truckers working in
the U.S.” I agree with their statement to me THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR
GET POORER. The American way.
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