You are probably right, it is most likely inevitable, and their is a shortage of truckers, seems no one wants to do it anymore, which is a shame. It is probably due to the fact that I always want to be in control, and just dont trust “modern technology” all that much. How many times have drivers been thrown off course by GPS screwups?
I understand your skepticism.
fyi...I’m in the automotive software industry. There’s different “levels” of software, some that require processes and procedures that must be aligned with “functional safety state of the art” standards. Typically there’s 5 levels...we can call the them 0-4. A level “0” software product has zero safety concern, this is your typical software or operating system (e.g. Windows + Browser). A level “1” and higher must adhere to these “functional safety” standards, which get more and more challenging to meet as you go from 1 to 4.
Navigation applications aren’t even considered a level “1”. A class 8 truck, being fully autonomous, would be a level “4” - where everything must have redundancy and insane amounts of testing for failure cases. This is very hard to achieve, even for simple things. This doesn’t guarantee that something is perfect, only that you’ve followed best practices to “eliminate unreasonable risk”. It’s part of the reason long-haul trucking is a target, it’s generally the easier part.