Self-driving big-rig technology moving quickly down the on-ramp - Minneapolis Star Tribune

From behind the wheel of his big rig, Eric Feehan can’t quite envision a future when 18-wheelers drive themselves.

“There are so many variables, I don’t think anybody’s going to make it work,” the Minnesota truck driver said during a break in Sparks, Nev.

In 24 years on the road, Feehan has learned that it takes experience and instinct to react when your truck is buffeted by 40 mph winds, to sense the moment when wet highways turn to ice, or to anticipate when a car is going to swerve in front of you.

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