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California Senate approves ban on autonomous trucks::California’s State Senate this week passed a bill which, if signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, would require autonomous semi-trailer trucks to have a trained human safety operator whenever they operate on public roads [...]

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[-] bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world 5 points 2 years ago

Do you want your goods to become stupid expensive or something?

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Was not taxing them keeping the costs down? I hadn't noticed.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago
[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Cost is determined more by what people are willing to pay and less by what it costs to make the product.

If they can charge $5 for a bottle of water, they're going to do that whether it's costs $1 or $2 to make.

So if they could increase costs today, they would. An increased tax would give them a politically friendly exercuse to do so, but it's just an excuse. They'd do it either way.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

No, what I really want is more transportation options to get as many fucking people off the road as possible. Covid was beautiful when no one was driving but my company made me.

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