Trucker's Will soon be a thing of the past

so if the driver gets the fuel, and unloads the truck but doesnt drive, how does he/she get there to do these things???

 

Google has a patent.
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/15/google-awarded-patent-for-autonomous-car-mode/

I give it about 10 years before it takes over.

 

LMAO, I want some of what y'all are drinking/smoking if you really believe this will take over in our lifetimes (or our childrens). There have been unmanned aerial vehicles for years, but we still need pilots. It takes alot more skill to operate a CMV on highays, rural areas, and yards than it does to operate a remote controlled plane in open skies.

 

Just like the Flying Car,never happen,yea there few out there but not even close taking over cars we drive now,so my point is,an't never going to happen.

 

Half of trucking is projected to go to rail in the next ten years.

We live in an age where many things are happening fast. It wouldn't surprise me one bit. They are now integrating GPS technology where cars can communicate with each other. You'll be able to see other cars coming where you can safely pass on a two lane or one approaching an intersection.

Once cars can communicate with each other, all kinds of things can happen.

Go back to the days when someone fills the vehicle up for you. Then all you would need is employees at the shipper and receivers handling the trucks locally.

 

Heres why i see the need for drivers in cars and trucks if for no other reason, population control, its sad but true, what happens if no one ever dies, how will we make room for our kids and there kids, like we need more welfare jobless familys. So sue me

 

Soon means different things to different people...To some it may mean later today, this topic to me, seems more like decades, many decades away...I think most reading this will be long retired before losing our jobs to the robot-rig...

 

with unemployment the way it is that would be a stupid part on our gov,but then again our gov thinks through there arse now

 

Many commercial planes flying today have the technology to (in 0 visibility and to many well-equipped airports) roll-out, take off, climb, navigate, descend, flare, land and roll to a stop WITHOUT any pilot intervention if desired other than to monitor the systems/actions. but there will always be at least one pilot in the ####pit. And the same will always hold true for trucking irregardless of the technology that may come along.

I don't see rail EVER moving 50% of trans-regional freight. Logistically, it just doesn't add up. Motorists get mad at trucks, but they get madder at trains blocking major through streets for 15 minutes at a time. Quadruple train traffic, and the motoring public will cry "uncle". Besides, moving trailers on rail only takes care of 1/2 of the cost and issues of moving freight from point A to point B.