The California legislature has a history of passing stupid stuff that later gets vetoed by Newsom. They tried to ban self-driving trucks last year.

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calgoo a day ago | parent [-]

That does not sound stupid, but safe? I giant truck that has no chance of stopping, controlled by a computer? Just build railways and then there are no issues, no fancy AI to control them.

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cortesoft a day ago | parent | next [-]

A giant truck that has no chance of stopping, controlled by a human is even more dangerous, but we don't outlaw those.

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vor_ a day ago | parent [-]

How did you determine that it's even more dangerous?

	▲	Legend2440 a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Last year 43,230 people died in the US from motor vehicles driven by humans.
	▲	cortesoft 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Fatalities per mile driven. How would you determine it?

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Danox a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s controlled by hired hands in the Philippines just like all those self driving GoogleRobo taxis.

	▲	Legend2440 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No it's not. Neither are the Waymo taxis unless they get stuck.