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I haven't heard a single proposal yet. I could imagine a government passing a succession of laws which first required all autonomous trucks to have a supervisin
by scrumper 9y ago
I haven't heard a single proposal yet. I could imagine a government passing a succession of laws which first required all autonomous trucks to have a supervising human on board (with a relaxation of existing maximum hour rules), operating under a new Trucking Supervisor License (which any current CDL holder is automatically granted); then slowly ratcheting up restrictions on actual CDLs (reduced hours, reduced permissible routes, reduced maximum weight) to make them less attractive; then ultimately ceasing issuance of new CDLs for heavy trucks once the final generation of drivers-cum-supervisors has retired.
- jtuente 9y agoThe second part of your proposal doesn't make any sense in the scheme of transitioning humans out of that sector of the workforce. Increasing restrictions on CDL issuance doesn't make it any easier to transition drivers out, it kicks them out. I find it comparable to increasing the minimum wage of fast food workers as the food prep process is increasingly automated. It simply makes it more and more favorable to choose the automated option.
- scrumper 9y agoIt stops more coming in; existing holders keep driving (base case) or move to those supervisory roles. Ending the supervisory license and mandate is the end game, done once most of that last generation of CDL holders has hung up their hats. This is really about long distance, semi truck freight only. Local delivery (as someone mentioned above) is likely to need humans for a very long time.