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"Whats more, the trucking industry is one of the biggest employers in NA" I Agree with everything you say but I'm willing to bet that those who depend on their
by artmageddon 15y ago
"Whats more, the trucking industry is one of the biggest employers in NA"
I Agree with everything you say but I'm willing to bet that those who depend on their driving for their livelihoods will fiercely protest against this.
For the record, I'm all for driverless cars, but I suppose it's easy for me to say that as a programmer.
- electromagnetic 15y agoTrue, but it's inevitable. The car manufacturers won't give a shit, and neither will their workers cause they're still in jobs and heck there might even be more job openings. I agree the truckers will fiercely protest this, but so did the luddites on the industrial looms, and so the swing rioters against the industrial thresher. Technology has led to civil unrest for centuries, literally. It doesn't matter whether the truck drivers want it or not. Tell a transport company "you can fire your drivers and get your vehicles there in under 1/2 the time". Often truck drivers get a bonus if they get their shipment in "on-time" or early (which is often ridiculously close to the ideal estimation of driving time). When one transport company realises they could potentially make every bonus then if the others don't follow suit, one company will rapidly dominate the market. Also, the truck drivers might not technically get unemployed, because a driverless truck can't change its own tire.