Automation can replace a portion of truck driving

Dec 6, 2018
4:51:03pm

Busiturtle All-American

It will allow more truck miles per driver but at the same time there will be new employees hired to fix and maintain the automation.

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So are truck drivers a dying breed?......

BYU Grounds

12/6/18 4:35pm

Will slowly faze out over the next 20 years is my guess

El Paso Coug

12/6/18 4:37pm

Some analysts expect it to be quicker than that, should be interesting to watch

J-Rod

12/6/18 4:44pm

Yes, and the salaries we pay our drivers go up every year. Low supply, lots of

WDaddy

12/6/18 4:40pm

Interesting. Where are you based, and do you drive local or OTR?

Santos L. Halper

12/6/18 8:06pm

Automation can replace a portion of truck driving

Busiturtle

12/6/18 4:51pm

Played golf last month with a trucking co owner who said there is a driver

Jersey hunter

12/6/18 4:52pm

With the owners/managers I speak with, a lot of times they attribute their

J-Rod

12/6/18 4:59pm

This is 100% accurate. ^^^

jordbyu

12/6/18 5:42pm

Too much liability to risk on just a body

GA_Coug

12/6/18 5:15pm

Most homeless people have mental disorders. It's not just that they are poor...

Jericho

12/6/18 5:30pm

We ship a LOT on flatbeds and are struggling to find trucks.

IdahoCoug

12/7/18 7:50am

Kind of like teachers

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

12/6/18 5:57pm

Maybe for trucks that don't drive in bad weather

AZ Coug

12/6/18 8:16pm

This is what I'd say - I've driven truck in horrible Wyoming conditions that only a human with experience can deal with.

Santos L. Halper

12/6/18 8:23pm

That’s my retirement plan.

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