Embark to Equip Knight-Swift Trucks with Autonomous Software

Lets see:
pros: 1. Less accidents well it can't be much worst.
2. No more pay raises: in fact reduced labor and equipment costs IE bells and whistles.
CONS: 1. Less new driver reimbursement profit for the company.
2.More liability to the company ( no driver ). NOTE: set legal on this!

 

I can't understand why any driver would work for a company that is telling them it's goal is to put them out of a job, permanently.

 

How does that autonomous truck know where the empty parking spot is at the truck stop. The safety coordinator(driver) has to follow HOS even tho he/she aren't actually driving.

 

I'm just waiting to see how well it'll handle the winter. I can just see it dragging a trailer through an overplowed ditch and flopping itself over.

 

How will we tell that from normal Swift activity?

 

first stage is southern non snow states. Those displaced drivers will go north for jobs.

basically they want to creat a domino effect and drive down labor costs.

it will work.

 

With how much crying and whining I see on this site about winter driving I have my doubts. Might get a few folks that'll do it but I bet the majority won't.

 

While I understand AI is coming along quickly I just don't think it is ready for the millions of decisions a driver makes every day.
Is that water or ice on the road?
Is it a person or venison running across the road?
Can I squeeze under that bridge that says 13.4 in Chicago?
I understand they are coming and I don't care because I will be 65 in a couple years.