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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 16, 2018 6:22:19 GMT
dont tell me thats a self drive electric artic unit. Yes, that is the future. It will happen. I'm thinking the easiest solution is dedicated roads along which only (or mainly) these automated trucks may drive. Like a railway, I suppose. Instead of frittering away astronomical amounts of money on HS2 so that the Spice drug dealers from London can save 6 minutes travelling to Manchester, and the BBC workers who hate it in Manchester saving 6 minutes on their weekend trips home back to London, why haven't 'dedicated railways' been constructed so that automatic freight trains can hump loads round the country? Surely that's simplicity in itself? When there's not much for humans to do any more, the next step is to get automated DHSS workers: Computer says 'No'.
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Post by quaysider on Sept 16, 2018 7:23:42 GMT
hmmm - it's pretty enough but can it:
a) eat a bacon and egg butty - leaving bits of egg around it's mouth to eat later? b)stop to help a maiden in distress (or that dress) change a flat trye? c) talk to kids on cb radios that are bored - (if such things still exist) d) deal with an unexpected item in bagging area?
no - I think not ...
I've seen the future and it's not all garlic bread :-(
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 16, 2018 7:39:23 GMT
Humans plotting their own destruction. Well, I suppose it's Nature's Way.
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Post by kris on Sept 16, 2018 9:26:53 GMT
I do like a good spat. It so boring when everyone gets on. So all we need now is a good spat... Twat.
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Post by bills on Sept 16, 2018 9:35:29 GMT
What does Vera stand for? Vincent Early Retirement Activator? Very Easy Refugee Access? Virtual Elephant Racing Annoyance?
We must be told.
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Post by Jim on Sept 16, 2018 9:46:46 GMT
Deisel or electric, hardly makes any difference, they both use the same amount of fuel while stationary on all roads to Dover.
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 16, 2018 9:49:31 GMT
Volvo Engineers Redundancy Alldrivers.
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Post by patty on Sept 16, 2018 10:40:52 GMT
There was me thinking it was a thread about that rubbish detective on TV
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Post by thebfg on Sept 16, 2018 14:41:29 GMT
Yes, that is the future. It will happen. I'm thinking the easiest solution is dedicated roads along which only (or mainly) these automated trucks may drive. Like a railway, I suppose. Instead of frittering away astronomical amounts of money on HS2 so that the Spice drug dealers from London can save 6 minutes travelling to Manchester, and the BBC workers who hate it in Manchester saving 6 minutes on their weekend trips home back to London, why haven't 'dedicated railways' been constructed so that automatic freight trains can hump loads round the country? Surely that's simplicity in itself? When there's not much for humans to do any more, the next step is to get automated DHSS workers: Computer says 'No'. I don't k ow why we just don't put more containers on the railways.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 14:59:25 GMT
I'm thinking the easiest solution is dedicated roads along which only (or mainly) these automated trucks may drive. Like a railway, I suppose. Instead of frittering away astronomical amounts of money on HS2 so that the Spice drug dealers from London can save 6 minutes travelling to Manchester, and the BBC workers who hate it in Manchester saving 6 minutes on their weekend trips home back to London, why haven't 'dedicated railways' been constructed so that automatic freight trains can hump loads round the country? Surely that's simplicity in itself? When there's not much for humans to do any more, the next step is to get automated DHSS workers: Computer says 'No'. I don't k ow why we just don't put more containers on the railways. Because the railways are full and to solve the problem we would need more railways. And then we would have to have a debate about what sort of railways we needed and where they should go and how they should be funded - in the meantime the roads will fill up with soon to be unemployed truckers. And some numpty will suggest rivers or canals as an alternative solution...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 15:03:26 GMT
You could get the water out and build a 2 tier roadway along waterway routes. Semi underground for the humans and semi elevated for the autonomous vehicles. The upper lane to have a charging track like wot scalextric have.
Its not rocket science
Or perhaps try to turn around the idiotic manic consumerism which is just pushing massive amounts of money in the direction of a very few people who already have masses of money.
There is loads and loads of entirely pointless shite clogging up freight routes.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 16, 2018 15:25:57 GMT
I'm thinking the easiest solution is dedicated roads along which only (or mainly) these automated trucks may drive. Like a railway, I suppose. Instead of frittering away astronomical amounts of money on HS2 so that the Spice drug dealers from London can save 6 minutes travelling to Manchester, and the BBC workers who hate it in Manchester saving 6 minutes on their weekend trips home back to London, why haven't 'dedicated railways' been constructed so that automatic freight trains can hump loads round the country? Surely that's simplicity in itself? When there's not much for humans to do any more, the next step is to get automated DHSS workers: Computer says 'No'. I don't k ow why we just don't put more containers on the railways. A lot do travel by rail, the WCML runs past my mooring and container trains come and go throughout the day and even more so at night, although they obviously still need to be transported by road for the final leg of the journey.
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Post by thebfg on Sept 16, 2018 17:07:59 GMT
I don't k ow why we just don't put more containers on the railways. A lot do travel by rail, the WCML runs past my mooring and container trains come and go throughout the day and even more so at night, although they obviously still need to be transported by road for the final leg of the journey. I live in Southampton, which is obviously a major container terminal and I work right next to freghtliner. there is room for container freight. I see a few long trains leave and many many lorries. the last leg will all ways be by road but more should and could go by rail. am I right in saying 90% of movement is by road. unfortunately we did not build massive depots by the train tracks
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 16, 2018 17:30:57 GMT
A lot do travel by rail, the WCML runs past my mooring and container trains come and go throughout the day and even more so at night, although they obviously still need to be transported by road for the final leg of the journey. I live in Southampton, which is obviously a major container terminal and I work right next to freghtliner. there is room for container freight. I see a few long trains leave and many many lorries. the last leg will all ways be by road but more should and could go by rail. am I right in saying 90% of movement is by road. unfortunately we did not build massive depots by the train tracks I agree that freight should go by rail where possible. However, freight trains generally travel relatively slowly and impede passenger trains so movements are really only practical at night. The real solution is for people to stop buying unnecessary Chinese-made plastic tat they don't need and learn to live a more minimalist lifestyle. If everybody lived like me then the number of lorries on the road would be slashed by 75%+. A sharp reduction in population levels in the long-term would also help. But of course, that is not the way of Capitalism.
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Post by IainS on Sept 17, 2018 18:29:05 GMT
A lot do travel by rail, the WCML runs past my mooring and container trains come and go throughout the day and even more so at night, although they obviously still need to be transported by road for the final leg of the journey. I live in Southampton, which is obviously a major container terminal and I work right next to freghtliner. there is room for container freight. I see a few long trains leave and many many lorries. the last leg will all ways be by road but more should and could go by rail. am I right in saying 90% of movement is by road. unfortunately we did not build massive depots by the train tracks We built a few, most of which have now disappeared. The unfortunate thing is that containerisation was strongly resisted by the Unions, mainly the dockers'.
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