Possible self driving trucks by 2020?

@Rollr4872 About 30 days before your 21st birthday, submit applications. There's several that hire 21 yr. old students.Tell the recruiters you want to set up a class date to begin as soon as you are 21 yrs. old.
Prime Inc. - you already discussed.
Jim Palmer Trucking
Roehl Transport
Maverick Transportation
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I can almost guarantee that we wont see self driving trucks until AFTER a self driving big rig hits and kills a car driver...until companies know how to defend themselves in court from fatalities...there aren't going to be wide scale deployments....what always happens with new tech is a huge marketing push making the public believe think that w/e new tech is being hyped is ready for commercial adoption when in reality its a decade or two off

 

Don't overthink it. Just get started and when your 12 month obligation if fulfilled, decide if you're content where you are or need to make a change to another company. Learn as much as you can during that first 12 months; trucking isn't difficult at all, so relax and learn to prepare for being assigned your own truck.
Don't ask about drug tests. Roehl does hair follicle drug test though.
Since you'll be with a trainer for awhile after graduation, take your stuff in a flexible duffle bag, not a rigid suitcase. Storage will be limited with two drivers in the truck.
Take a sleeping bag & pillow to use while riding with your trainer. After you complete training and are assigned your own truck, then decide if you want to continue with a sleeping bag or use sheets/blanket.

 

tech companies are selling a fantasy to.our industry b/c is in desperate need of drivers...check out the farming industry..less immigrants are allowed into our country...so "robotic farming" is getting big according to news media...its bull#### i think for the most part

the reason self driving trucks is being hyped isnt because of the tech but the market need for new drivers and limitations ELDs imposes on us...just like the farming industry n shortage of harvesting crews bc of stronger immigration enforcement...google "robotic farming"...youll see what i mean

 

Google : Ghost Ports
Nine people running a giant sea port for merchant ships. Robotics replaced 100's of sea port workers.