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The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Except that nearly all US rail is for freight. We hate PASSENGER trains. We freaking love freight rail.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Except that's rail only carries 16% of freight by weight and 2% of freight by value.

Pretty sure USA hates freight rail too.

https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-846-november-10-2014-trucks-move-70-all-freight-weight-and-74-freight-value

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

You're looking at a different issue. I'm referring to passenger trains vs freight trains and you're talking about freight trains vs semi trucks. I'm saying that the rail we do have, we overwhelmingly use for freight. It's the primary reason we still have trains today in the US.

In regards to percentage of freight shipped by rail vs other means, I believe you that semis take a ton of that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But american freight trains are laughably bad too

https://youtu.be/AJ2keSJzYyY

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, but "we will avoid trains no matter what" is blatantly false. It's terrible, but it is our main method of shipping freight from ports to inland cities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

And semi rigs (which are the topic of this post) are....personal transport?