After First Self-driving Fatality, Experts Say Millennials Might Flock to Become Truck Drivers

No, no, no. See my first post here (#7).
There was an inattentive 'safety driver' on board. And this falls back to a primary point - there are NO truly autonomous vehicles. There will not be for a long time. But during the advent and inception of the technology, vehicles will have babysitters. This particular babysitter failed & killed someone.

Too dumb to drive an autonomous car is a real thing, folks. Here's the proof (see article).

 

Millennials flocking to trucking?bahahaha!! That will be the day I'm a millennial myself, started at 22 and am now 30. I can tell you this, NOBODY I know of my generation wants anything to do with trucking. They love to see my checks and I even offer to help them get in the industry, but when I tell them about the sacrifices we have all made, they turn it down. Which is fine by me more work for me, I'll keep my local near six figure wage while they struggle to pay off that degree they can't use.

 

I’m ten years younger than you and I’m wanting to get into trucking, have wanted to my whole life and am finally getting to the age to actually make it happen Im sure I’m not alone on that too so there’s most likely others that want to get into, just not sure how many lol

 

Trucking wasn't my first choice right after high school, went into the marines but was discharged due to medical. Then the economy was tanking and I thought well will give this trucking thing a try and I never looked back. Just me and the open road at 22. This city boy got to see everthing we are blessed to have in this country. From the Rockies, to them fly over states to the east coast. Although there wasn't much money in it at first I didn't even care lol. I love what I do and still do even though I stay local these days.

 

Well i went OTR for a mega so wasn't the best choice I started making decent money after the first year. Just like the old timers said i would as long as you keep you nose clean. Then I went into tanker work and it got real good with less time on the road.

 

Dont think that local is 9-5 with weekends off. I only get a consecutive saturday and sunday off every 6 weeks. The rest of my weekends consist of weekdays. You can always go be a boring door slammer and you will for sure have bankers hours.

 

As far as the UBER vehicle having an inattentive person behind the wheel whom failed to take the reins when trouble arose to avoid an accident, I've had this one main thought regarding the developing technology.

If you have to be behind the wheel.. ready for action at a seconds notice to intervene.. why not just drive the vehicle??

That would be 3x more exhausting and mentally stressful just waiting on edge all day for a catastrophe to strike.