“Trucks are not just large cars,” says Raj Rajkumar an engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He says trucks have more blind spots, are harder to control and bring to a stop, and are more vulnerable in bad weather. “There are a lot more variables to consider, so [the systems] need to be customized.”  But trucking companies say driver-assist tech will change shipping dramatically in the next few years (not decades like the car), even if a human remains behind the wheel.
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