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The market is responding to the fact that government benefits are very nice right now, and there is a very real possibility of self-driving automobiles in the next 5-10 years.

Does anyone really doubt that the technology will be put in passenger cars first, rather than in commercial long-haul trucking? How will trucking companies respond when they learn they can run the trucks 24 hours / day rather than 8 hours on and then sleep and rest breaks? Is there really a future in trucking?

"How will trucking companies respond when they learn they can run the trucks 24 hours / day rather than 8 hours on and then sleep and rest breaks?"

Seriously, if that happens how long do you think that will take? No one in America is going to want trucks carrying tons and tons of material driving our highways self controlled until it's completely safe. I would say if you are 20 years old and entering the truck driving industry, you are probably fairly safe in your career field. I would imagine before you have self driving trucks, you are going to have to have "drone" trucks like we have drone planes. And guess what? Someone's gotta drive those drone trucks.