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Driverless Truck Companies Plan to Ditch Human Copilots in 2024 (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 years ago

I don't think anybody's mentioned that we actually have road infrastructure built, too. The US Eisenhower highway system is still a candidate for most expensive project in human history as of last I checked. Tearing it all up for rails would take a long time to earn itself back.