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The industry will change/disappear overnight. Trucking will be 4x cheaper with 2x the transportation capacity when you remove the trucker. Doesn't matter how mu
by guimarin 10y ago
The industry will change/disappear overnight. Trucking will be 4x cheaper with 2x the transportation capacity when you remove the trucker. Doesn't matter how much unionized, etc. the industry is now. No group survives that.
- londons_explore 10y agoHow are costs divided between fuel, driver, vehicle capital? I'm not sure the driver is the most expensive part...
- tim333 10y agoPer mile 2011 Vehicle-based Fuel & Oil Costs $0.590 Truck/Trailer Lease or Purchase Payments $0.189 Repair & Maintenance $0.152 Truck Insurance Premiums $0.067 Permits and Licenses $0.038 Tires $0.042 Tolls $0.017 Driver-based Driver Wages $0.460 Driver Benefits $0.151 TOTAL $1.706 So driver ~ 36%
- euyyn 10y agoBig chunk!
- chefkoch 10y agoBut it's the part that limits the usable hours of a truck most. A self driving truck can pretty much drive 24/7 but the driver has to rest more than half the day. Truck drivers are allowed to work 70h per week.
- londons_explore 10y agoI assumed all trucks stop at a truck stop and the driver sleeps while another driver continues the journey? That way the valuable truck and cargo never stop moving. Is that not typically the case?
- chefkoch 10y agoAt least in continental europe single drivers are the vast majority.
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- industriousthou 10y agoIn the US, sometimes truckers drive in teams and switch off, but I've never heard of them not sticking with their trucks. Trucks frequently sit idle while the driver sleeps.