39 Ontario trucking businesses shut down after freedom convoy protests
(thepostmillennial.com)
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The logistics and sheer risk involved will keep that from happening for a long time.
A single mistake in one of those auto trucks could be hundreds of thousands of dollars in product, close to the same in just the truck alone, and untold additional damage from something of that size causing an accident.
No company, no matter how confident, wants to be the first one on the road with all the eyes on them just waiting for that to happen. And no matter how many lab tests you conduct, you cannot control for every factor on the road so something will happen.
Wouldn't that be stupid easy to steal by getting a truck (or similar big vehicle) to get in front of one and start drifting back towards it forcing it to slow down and brake... then just pin in the truck. I mean, it's like we could go all Mad Max on the down vehicle.. and there's little to nothing it can do once people are on it.
Edgy.
Remember that one trucker in Colorado that killed all those people because his breaks failed?
One glitch could equal dozens of bodies and burning wreckage.
Yeah, and the moment that happens (and it will, the roads aren't a kind place) the entire company behind it will be sued into oblivion from both the victims AND whoever's product they lost.
Its a business where you want human adaptability and error to both prevent said events and protect you when it happens.