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I think we are pretty close to the point where trucks no longer require a human being holding the steering wheel to move between locations. That does not automa
by _ph_ 10y ago
I think we are pretty close to the point where trucks no longer require a human being holding the steering wheel to move between locations. That does not automatically mean, that there are no human beings on board. There are many reasons why there should still be humans involved, like
- maintenance: Starting from refueling, to tyre change
- security: Completely unguarded trucks would make quite a theft risk
- any other interactions, being with the customer at the destination or anything on the road.
So, overall there are some aspects and consequently some jobs going away, but there might be additional responsibilities being added to the remaining job, consider the truck driving of the future rather an office job located on the truck.
- majewsky 10y ago> maintenance This is the most interesting part. > security Not an expert, but it would be interesting to see if theft is a bigger problem with autonomous cars, or if it's hacker attacks. > interaction on site of the customer There you can still cut down the workforce, and have one person handle a whole fleet of incoming trucks.