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Maybe they should just automate the long sectors and then a human jumps in the cab to drive the truck for the last few complicated miles. The humans would proba
by bonestamp2 5y ago
Maybe they should just automate the long sectors and then a human jumps in the cab to drive the truck for the last few complicated miles. The humans would probably prefer that too (for the most part) since they could go home every night.
- behringer 5y agoThat's exactly what will happen but who's going to pay a trucker 95k a year to park trucks 8 hours a day 5 days a week?
- IMTDb 5y agoWalmart, apparently. They'll employ less truckers than now since each one will be able to handle more trucks, but they'll need some.
- behringer 5y agoLast mile delivery looks to be about half that, around 50k/year.
- bonestamp2 5y agoIf everything else was in place for this to work, I don't think you'd have to pay someone $95k to do it. To me, the $95k pay rate has a lot to do with the time on the road and away from home. Walmart might have to pay $95k for that now, but as autonomous driving takes on some of those miles, the human pay will likely go down (adjusted for inflation).
- heavyset_go 5y agoIf they have to share roads with other drivers or the roads are unprotected from the elements, people, animals, debris, etc, you'd still need human-level intelligence to prevent harm or catastrophic loss.