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That does not sound stupid, but safe? I giant truck that has no chance of stopping, controlled by a computer? Just build railways and then there are no issues, no fancy AI to control them.

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A giant truck that has no chance of stopping, controlled by a human is even more dangerous, but we don't outlaw those.

How did you determine that it's even more dangerous?

Last year 43,230 people died in the US from motor vehicles driven by humans.

Fatalities per mile driven. How would you determine it?

It’s controlled by hired hands in the Philippines just like all those self driving GoogleRobo taxis.

No it's not. Neither are the Waymo taxis unless they get stuck.

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