Those worried about self-driving trucks taking your jobs, don't!

One of the Coal mines I used to deliver diesel fuel to has gone almost fully autonomous, the difference being the vehicles are only slow moving they are off highway with huge bunds set up so the vehicles will not go down the wrong roads.

 

I don’t know if anybody else has noticed but about every two years these companies that are working on all the self driving trucks have these big press releases were they’ll show a truck driving by itself for 10 miles down the street stretch of highway in Florida or something like that. It’s a money grab. They’re just trying to get investors excited and get them to invest. Practicality of a fully self driving truck from shipper to receiver is decades away. For one thing the facilities themselves don’t have the infrastructure set up to accommodate self driving trucks. It’s not happening Until anyone who is involved in trucking today is retired. At least

 

at first, i was totally against autonomous trucking.

now, i am 1000% for it, since i sicken and tire or hearing, reading and seeing all the BS so-called truckers out there, drugged up, drunk, and whatever else, causing accidents, deaths and utter mayhem on our highways.

i will be "pro advocate" for this to happen, and to happen ASAP.

since the trucking industry is doing nothing to clean up the BS truckers, since the government is doing nothing, since the courts are doing nothing, and since trucking companies continue to do nothing or give "second or third chances" to deadbeats that should not even be flipping burgers, then i am all in for this to happen.

 

This new generation isnt equipped to be truck drivers or even any hard work for the matter. Yes yes there are exceptions out there but in all industries that you look at that require hard work they are short on people.


Case in point.

Conversation with an Uber eats driver went as follows last week, and almost every time.


Me: I’m at the So and So truck stop, parked in the back. Call me when you get here.
Uber Eats: Got it.
Me: Thanks

5 min later.

Uber Eats: Where you at?
Me: I’m at the So and so Truck stop, parked in the back.
Uber Eats: ok be there in 10.


I think these companies realized the fact that gooberment and society in itself is dumbing down this generation and they will be asked to step up.

 

Yup, like the Nikola hydrogen truck scam. In the promo video, they filmed it rolling down a hill and then skewer the footage to look like it was driving on flat ground on its own power lol.

Anyone who thinks that self driving is close hasn't driven a new truck with the precursor features. Nothing like experiencing phantom braking events like a Tesla because your Cascadia sees a road sign above or railroad tracks.

 

How sure are you that Detroit Connect isn’t gathering info on the new Cascadias to send back for improving self driving?

 

I would be surprised if they weren't, but Tesla has a way better data collection regimen, and they aren't even close...unless you believe Musk, who promised self driving 8 years ago and the first Mars mission this year.

 

Tech guys know nothing is ever finished and improvements are always needed. That’s why you have windows and it started with Dos, and look at how many updates it has had.

Nothing on this earth can truly be 100% and never needing improvements over time. Musk was betting on Congress opening the doors not that Tesla wasn’t ready.

 

On a side note. News within the last month and more. All you have to do is search.


FMCSA to recruit truck drivers for autonomous vehicle study


Schneider to provide self-driving truck tech company with 'freight loads and commercial expertise'



Pilot, Kodiak Partner To Build Service Centers For Autonomous Trucks


Interesting that they are increasing trucks.

Waymo Increases Number of Self-Driving Trucks in Texas