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California Senate approves ban on autonomous trucks (driveteslacanada.ca)
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California Senate approves ban on autonomous trucks::California’s State Senate this week passed a bill which, if signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, would require autonomous semi-trailer trucks to have a trained human safety operator whenever they operate on public roads [...]

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[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

You'd be surprised at how quickly a truck can brake to a complete stop.

But you're right regardless. It's the momentum what makes them dangerous. If a car taps another car for half a second, the damage might be catastrophic. A semi doing the same? Yikes.