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(09-01-2017, 05:35 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Trucks already ride through all of those places, typically without incident.  You think that Law Enforcement would be slower to the scene of an automated response than to a truck driven by a human?  Most of the truck hijackings occur in the cities.

If we're going the way of automation, wouldn't rail be a smarter, more economical choice for unmanned transfer of goods? (besides the startup cost, or course)

I'm saying a living human being who may or may not be armed is more of a natural deterrent from crime than nothing. They are also more capable of making decisions, and less likely to be hacked (believe it or not), glitch, or have some kind of exploitable feature. Just like a UPS guy is less likely to get a package stolen from him than a random robot rolling down a sidewalk is.

An unmanned semi carrying laptops for instance, could be worth millions of dollars.

Rails would be smarter, but they've gone the opposite direction of letting our existing train system deteriorate and go more highway shipping.