[Sherman Logan]

There are two major economic reasons for driverless vehicles.

Replace a driver with a computer. A $20,000 machine that can operate 24/7/365 with zero salary or other employee expense. Cost for five years relative to human drivers = don’t know. But a small fraction. 1/10th?

In all probability, after a shakedown period, computer-operated cars will be much less expensive to insure, and for good reason.

[jiggyboy]

Indeed. That would be the argument for eliminating jobs — Google claims the opposite result. I want to know what kind of jobs they’re talking about, and how many.

Probably the “new normal”: another H1B from India will get the new job that is directly related to the production of the new car, and ten truck drivers will go from making a living and paying a mortgage to just scraping by at whatever part time job they can find so they can pay their rent.

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I never did get an answer to this question:

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null and void to datura

Trucking companies would rather pay a human. As a trucking company owner, I know I would.

How much does a year's worth of human cost?

Please include base salary, driver insurance, certifications, healthcare, paid vacations, time lost for mandatory rest, per mile charges and other things you as a trained professional skilled in the industry would know, that I don't.