Driverless LTL Trucks
by Rob Newton
1. Regulations
1.1. Freight Type
1.1.1. Hazard
1.1.2. Normal
1.2. Weigh Stations
1.2.1. What if over weight?
1.2.2. Who gives the officer a hard time?
1.3. Border crossing
1.3.1. Canada
1.3.2. Mexico
1.3.3. Would they stop a truck with a computer driver?
2. Maintenance
2.1. Inspection
2.1.1. Pretrip
2.1.2. Post-trips
2.2. Breakdown
3. Perception
3.1. Education
3.1.1. PR Program
3.2. Employees
3.2.1. Losing a CDL job
3.3. Truck Stops
3.3.1. Less Traffic
3.3.2. Less Jobs
3.3.3. Less Revenue
4. Technology
4.1. New Trucks
4.2. Retrofit
4.3. Routing
4.3.1. Road Changes
4.3.2. Traffic
4.3.3. Construction
4.3.4. Bridge Jumpers
4.4. Drone
4.5. Fail-safe Machanism
4.6. Security
4.6.1. Cyber takeover
4.7. Tracking
4.7.1. Truck
4.8. Sec
5. Concept
5.1. How Many People
5.1.1. No human
5.1.2. Human
5.2. Terminal Operations
5.2.1. Docking
5.2.1.1. Remote
5.2.1.2. Manual
5.2.2. Dispatching
5.3. No Hours of Service
5.4. If electric, more charging stations
6. Safety
6.1. Liability
6.1.1. Human
6.1.1.1. Other drivers
6.1.1.2. podestrians
6.1.2. Freight
6.1.2.1. Prevent hijacking
6.2. Obey railroad signs
7. Cost
8. Efficiency
8.1. Fuel
8.1.1. Driving closer together