This whole train full of garbage needs to stop, and it needs to stop right now. Nobody seems to be capable of comprehending that you have to be a certain level of independent to be a good professional driver. You have to make judgment calls multiple times a day, and you need a good view of the road around you to do that.
Instead, evermore pressure mounts as the industry eagerly bounds towards the driverless truck they so desperately want. In the meantime we are being expected to endure having our mandatory independence trod on by people who have never spent an afternoon in the cab of a truck. Cameras everywhere so they can make sure you aren't jerking off or sleeping while the autopilot does everything most of the time. Sensors beeping anytime a sign jumps out of the ditch or a car cuts you off. And don't you damage anything!
Now they complain, as drivers quit with ever-increasing disgust for the open disdain our own industry has for the people who do most of the work, that they can't convince anyone to be their robot slave/liability scapegoat for $800 a week. Because you should absolutely give up months of your life and potential future career opportunities to be trained for a job they are actively trying to eliminate. They can't understand why nobody would want to be told constantly that they have no future working a job that pays a fraction of what it should.
If I wasn't so good at what I do...if I didn't enjoy driving a truck...I sure as hell wouldn't be here. And if there should come a day that technology irrevocably interferes with my enjoyment of driving the truck...that day will be the day I exit the industry. Because it doesn't pay that well, it's utterly thankless and almost everyone treats drivers like animals. Driving the truck is the only part of the job that doesn't completely suck. And ::
:: like these mirror cams and the Wingman are things that start infringing on the driving of the truck.
Whew that was a rant. Time for another beer.