Mexico based carriers working they're way North .

Today, it's the cheapest labor possible;
Tomorrow, it's fully automated and driverless trucks.

 

Ive seen 2 or 3 this week. I seen that same company yesterday at the Pilot on 85 in Blacksburg SC.....

 

I've been seeing more and more of them. I've been very impressed with the driver's I've seen. Very clean cut and very professional. I first noticed it when I hauled alot of beer to Tecate for a while. Their guys would cross the border to bring it and I was always amazed at the difference in the differences between American drivers and Mexican. I never saw a fat, stinky, slob in sweat pants and flip flops getting out of a Mexican truck.

 

This is a ridiculous fallacy. Self-driving capabilities in very select scenarios, perhaps.

But "driverless"? "Fully automated"?

No way. Not in our lifetimes anyway. These "visionaries" promoting these false notions need investors and they need to create the idea this is a forgone conclusion for tomorrow but they're full of crap. Just enough of the right people believe them, though and that's all that's needed to promote "the agenda".

Al Gore perfected this concept and took it to the ultimate level. But believe what you want.

 

You see Canadian trucks all over the U.S., I suppose (not sure) Mexico has the same rules (load in, load out)...but had never wandered too far into the U.S. because of the condition of their equipment, and the United States D.O.T. standards. More and more they are upgrading their equipment to meet our standards, and learning the street signs, laws, regulations, etc...and getting more bold.
That's just a guess guys....don't pound me if I'm way off. LOL!

 

Oh, fallacy not, amigo.
They're not only coming, they're already here.
And the need for big corporations to make as much profit as humanly (and inhumanly) possible is a tsunami in which nothing will ever get in the way, as well as to find a way to enlarge themselves in any manner possible.
Enter technology.
The profit motive supercedes everything... including your dreaded Al Gore.
Wake up Tex.... denial is nothing to sleep on.

 

Just a thought but if everything's "automated" and replaces people then who is going to buy products? Think about it everyone's gonna be out of a job so now they don't have any money to buy the products from the machines. I guess the machines will buy it. But in reality automation can only go so far.

 

I see Palos Garza and TransMaquila guys running around the southeast quite a bit but that's nothing really new. Usually their equipment is better kept and their drivers more professional appearing than most US carriers.

 

We're gonna build a wall........ problem solveded......