Late last month, the California State Assembly passed a bill, Assembly Bill 316, prohibiting autonomous weighing over 10,000 pounds from operating on the state’s roads without a human driver.
The ruling, which was Teamster supported, was a defeat for the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association (AVIA), which consists of Uber, Ford, and Waymo. The AVIA contends that artificial intelligence can drive more effectively than humans. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), California, with 398 deaths, ranked second in fatalities resulting from large truck crashes in 2020.
Many argue that human drivers are safer than autonomous vehicles and that putting driverless trucks weighing upwards of 80,000 pounds
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