Dont worry. It will take lots of v even highrer paid people to keep them running and fixing what they run over.
As someone who drives a private vehicle 50 to 90k a year for the last 15 years I cant wait to have the obnoxious, unsafe and irresponsible drivers that are handling today’s big rigs off the road.
They are a menace, where once a truck driver was a knight of the road they are a blight of the road.
I generally hate to see good jobs replaced by automation but I pray the day comes soon when this menace is off our roads
Interesting that driverless trucks will be provided by Google (not the trucks, but the computer systems, that is).
I’m at the DMV right now downgrading my CDL to a normal driver license. My DOT physical showed significant risk of sleep apnea. Of course, after consulting with a real sleep specialist and doing a study, it turns out I have a very mild case, one which the doctor told me that if the DOT weren’t involved, he wouldn’t treat me at all.
I can’t justify the cost and hassle of a CPAP so I can be an occasional volunteer bus driver.
From what I understand, many drivers are being nailed by this.
DOT and driverless trucks are just two more nails in the coffin of the American trucking industry.
I also wrote my supposed congressional representative. He doesn’t care.
The sheer demand for work by truckers will prevent this from being widespread. Too many people who have done this for a living and need to earn a living will let it become widespread.