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TForce | The End of the American truck driver

Skeeter said:
So will most jobs. By then the country will have in place free college tuition, medical, food stamps, and housing because there will be no jobs for the masses. It will be a cashless and Godless society. One of which I don't want to be here to see. I pray for those that will...
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A cashless, godless society that doesn't have a bunch of crappy jobs. Sign me up!

But really though, there always have to be a driver in the cab but they will be paid like crap because they are basically just babysitters for the machine. You're not going to see big miles and big pay once those self-driving trucks get on the road.
 
LTLIndentured said:
Think on this... Auto trucks drive themselves safely by slowing down; proximity alerts, collision avoidance, etc. what happens when a competitor hires people to harass a auto truck by cutting him off or slowing him down repeatedly to kill opposition transit times. It would be like a constant snow event. Sounds far fetched, but possible I guess
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Or when there's a computer glitch caused by sun spots and the trucks turn homicidal like on maximum overdrive!
 
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