truck crash caused by e-log

You joke, but it's probably going to happen long before the autonomous truck. Hell, just think how much less qualified a person would have to be to do this job! That expands the potential pool of warm bodies quite a bit...

 

Heck, I've already thought an electric reverse gear an a remote controller would be a much better way to back.

I've seen such set ups on heavy equipment.

 

You're not to far off from what they think is going to happen.

OTR will become fully automated, local drivers will retrieve inbound units from a "city terminal" then drive to delivery. Once remote control becomes reliable enough (come on, they lecture us on breaking distances and they want to put signal strength and lag time on top of that?) we'll probably punch in in shifts like Raptor Pilots. A clipboard full of trucks to drive in and out of town in a 12 hour shift.

I'm thinking that might actually happen at the VERY end of my career, so hopefully I can still have a job in my 80's. (I should clarify, 30-40 years from now) the future is coming, but not at the pace some predict.

 

You have a green Mack, don't you?

 

You ever haul out of the pit west of Mandan?

 

I know I've seen you. Just trying to place it, lol!