The Self Driving Truck Industry

The self driving truck industry is become a huge deal.It is growing rapidly as major companies such as Uber are releasing these trucks. Waymo which is a autonomous car development company that has ties to google. Googles engineers have been developing and testing the self driving cars in Arizona and California. One thing that was interesting in the article was that the self driving trucks use similar technology that self driving cars use. I read that Uber was doing something similar and they have tested self driving trunks. I wonder if this new industry will cause truck drivers to lose their jobs.

Also in the article i learned while reading that there is a shortage of workers in the truck driving industry. So maybe self driving trucks could help the industry.

I know from having a lot of truck drivers in my family that the average truck driver is relatively old. Also sometimes drivers fall asleep while driving and that can cause accidents. I believe that there are pros and cons to the self driving truck industry.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/03/09/waymos-self-driving-trucks-will-arrive-on-georgia-roads-next-week/?utm_term=.0ef099db7a57

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  1. The increase in technology across all borders has posed the question if industry workers will end up losing their jobs. As far as self driving vehicles go, and in this case cargo trucks, I still feel we are in the infant states of this technology. I read an article that a self driving Uber vehicle killed a pedestrian so I’m also curious as to how this incident will affect the driverless vehicle industry. Instead of having completely autonomous vehicles I’m surprised a market for unmanned vehicles hasn’t taken hold yet. An unmanned vehicle would still be piloted by a human from the comfort of an office or his/her own home. The military uses this for drones and it would be a good stepping stone to take before allowing automated vehicles to take to the streets while the technology is still being developed. Within the next several decades I’m positive we will see an increase in this industry and many driving services including long distance truckers will see a decrease in employment opportunities.

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