California's Democratic governor has vetoed a bill that would have required human drivers to be on board self-driving trucks.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.

  • Madison_rogueOP
    3•10 months ago

    Yes. Tractors already have a number of built-in visual and audible alarms when the onboard sensors detect things like veering, severe pitch, and traffic. Oh, that and it’s a driver’s job to watch and respond to road conditions.

    Not to also mention that student driver teachers perform a job like this already.

    • queermunist she/her
      11•10 months ago

      Tractors aren’t traffic. That’s clearly very different.

      Student driver teachers, meanwhile, are teaching. That’s more than simply watching for mistakes, which would be an inhumanly boring job that I honestly don’t think anyone could do.

      • @sugar_in_your_tea
        8•10 months ago

        Exactly. And student drivers are only active for like 20-30 min at a time. A truck would be active for hours at a time.

        Instead of trying to build autonomous trucks, we should be building out rail and move more stuff and people that way.