Self Driving Trucks, where do you see them in 5 years?

Why would they need driverless truck when most owner ops work for fuel money. How much cheaper can it get

 

Owner ops don't need them but fleet owners do. ​

Just imagine a 60% reduction in cost per mile JUST GONE!

That is 60% more money, just hypothetically speaking (and messing with others), I would make more than 26% profit instead of my 10% and pick up those high-paying rates being offered to most of these owners at or below $2 per mile. I and others could make millions.

Money Money MONEY!!!

On top of that, I don't have to hold the hand of drivers to do a pee test, I don't have to deal with a crying driver who got a speeding ticket or ran out of hours, the truck never stops, it means no worries about parking, so my parking costs are reduced to nothing --- MORE MONEY!!

Robots Rule!!!

Drivers Drooll!!

GO ROBOTS!






Seriously ...
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Driverless trucks are going to fit into a niche of this industry, it won't take much or any work for owners and small fleet owners. It may effect the crap drivers and get into a more permanent fleet market for drivers to deal with and shake out the bad ones.

 

Owner ops are cheaper since they pay themselves nothing how much profit is left in dollar a mile loads

 

Are the driver less trucks going to run on water?

 

The liability factor for anybody trying to produce driverless trucks is going to be positively insane

 

what owner operator would pull $1 mile freight...??

 

Somebody is moving the cheap garbage, they don't just decide the crap doesn't need to move.

 

No but it’s almost guaranteed that fuel economy will skyrocket.. 35% difference between best and worst drivers now and I’d have to think the majority are on the low end .

 

Here’s a guess… an O/O with a white Volvo or Cascadia, rusty steel wheels, and a lease trailer. Probably an Illinois plate, too.

 

A whole lot of them with the way things are going. Maybe this is just a hobby to a lot of owner ops