Trucks are getting smarter, and truck drivers aren’t happy about it

Elmer Bontrager, a Kentucky-based truck driver, doesn’t mind his overly helpful big rig. But he knows it has its limits. 

Bontrager’s semi-truck wants to alert him whenever it seems like he’s going to mess up. The problem is, the truck isn’t always correct. A weigh station, for example, might have a stop sign where the truck only needs to stop if another light is red; his know-it-all truck might want to stop anyways. Or, his truck may confuse tire tracks or cracks in the pavement with lane...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucks-are-getting-smarter-and-truck-drivers-arent-happy-about-it

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