• @[email protected]
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    401 month ago

    The safe way to fight back is through the trucking unions, which don’t seem interested in getting rid of this invasive software.

    But if every trucker did this they couldn’t blacklist them all.

    • @[email protected]
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      171 month ago

      Yeah, this is a problem of pushing compliance to a level above the operator in an area where the perfection demanded by policy relies on traffic behaving perfectly, and drivers never experiencing delays or problems, to operate. The only way this goes away is a scarcity of drivers.

      Someone who believes they know how to drive will suggest automated trucks, but the accident lawsuits will probably bankrupt the first companies.

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            321 month ago

            This is brilliant! You can even let the front truck pull all the others tied behind it so you need fewer working engines.

            What if you added guide rails to the lane so the trucks didn’t have to steer?

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              141 month ago

              I dunno, companies would start cutting costs by firing all but the front driver. Need strong unions in place before that.

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              111 month ago

              And we could manage traffic stops when one is going to cross another street so it can save on fuel for not having to stop!

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL
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      231 month ago

      Unions aren’t interested in pushing back against the invasive software because they know drivers haven’t been following the rules.

      Basically nobody in the industry wants this. It makes it harder to do our jobs, it’s more annoying, and it’s crazy expensive. But it’s what you gotta do when drivers run 2 or 3 log books.