Truck platooning could ease driver shortages, save fuel, boost safety

Eh, isn't the driver shortage an entirely self-inflicted problem by having them wait around for literal hours instead of actually driving.

> In fact, according to one study by the ATRI, over 80 percent of drivers run out of available hours due to detention time, with an average of only 6.5 hours out of 11 available hours spent on the road. Many of those drivers also experienced wait times longer than six hours at some point. [1]

Granted, if I was running a warehouse I'd love to have a line of truckers waiting (for free) to un/load but that doesn't make it efficient.

[1]: https://www.rtsinc.com/articles/reducing-truck-driver-detent...

It surprises me that robotaxis are concentrated on when highway self driving is easier and probably more valuable.

lead truck looses power while merging from one major highway into another in heavy traffic....

following truck looses power in the same situation

ice,, water, oil, on hills, and jack knifing

high winds, getting pulled over by police

second truck gets passed by someone who slows way down and starts to drive eraticaly...

parking?fueling?

et fucking cetera