see it on the roads in the next 5 years Nah. At least not the way you put it, that most drivers will be out of a job. I think that could take closer to 50 year

see it on the roads in the next 5 years Nah. At least not the way you put it, that most drivers will be out of a job. I think that could take closer to 50 years than to 5 years. Much more quickly, the automation could be doing the actual long distance "driving" (such as maintaining lanes and distance), while the human driver will sit back and supervise. Without a human present, the first automated truck that "pulls a Wal-mart"[1] and wipes out a bunch of cars and people will result in the whole thing getting shut down. The human has to be there for liability reasons if for no others. It would be very hard for a company get away with blaming the computer after an injury accident. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/12/shocking-images-of-tracy-morgan-crash-in-report-blaming-driver-of-wal-mart-truck/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/1...