Driverless Trucks are Being Used in Texas and One Group is Watching them Closely
What they have to share is not pretty...
Truck driving used to be a solid middle-class job.
Not anymore.
Driverless trucks just hit the highway in Texas.
It’s displacing truck drivers.
And truckers warn, “Your job could be next.”
Our Note
Right off the bat, we noticed this project has a missing element - an experienced truck driver.
No experienced human element - just the technicians to pat themselves on their backs.
The idealistic zero accidents is mathematically impossible to attain and keep - anything that has moving parts will break down, and the more the moving parts, the more likely there will be a breakdown.
The comparison to the introduction of steam engines to the workplace is pulling straws - when there were accidents, it was the worker being negatively affected; with driverless trucks, there are families that are going to be negatively affected.
There is no regulation or government oversight for an ‘automated driver’ that will be hauling as much as 60 tons of freight over a road that requires government regulations and standards.
Aurora is seeing money signs and trying to keep it safe - eventually, that trying is going to run out, only there will be even less experienced, professional drivers available than there are now.