Will automation put an end to the American trucker?

Re:Will automation put an end to the American trucker? by panopticon on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @05:19PM (#15445393)

> Managing multiple vehicles may end up being more cognitively challenging than driving a single truck, reducing the pool of available workers and driving up salaries

Tangential to this point: If this mode of truck operation becomes prevalent, I could potentially see a path where warehouses/loading docks get employees certified (a la forklift truck certifications) to operate the truck on premises to handle the "last mile" (i.e. on-site) operations. Now you've completely decimated the number of trucker jobs.

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Re:Will automation put an end to the American trucker? by firethief on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @09:28PM (#15446658)

I think you're drastically underestimating the difficulty involved in manuevering an eighteen wheeler around the premises of a typical business. There's no way it would be cost effective to train people for that so that they can spend most of their time doing something else.

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