What does it mean for people who work in the transportation industry if self-driving cars become dominant? (vehicle, 2015)
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Agreed, and similarly I don't think driverless technology is going to eliminate truck drivers any time soon.
I'd bet that after taxi drivers, over the road truckers will be the first to feel this particular pinch. If trucking companies can get away with not paying a driver AND not having to worry about stopping every 8-10 hours on a cross country trip for sleep, they'll take advantage of it. Costs and delivery times will drop.
I'd bet that after taxi drivers, over the road truckers will be the first to feel this particular pinch. If trucking companies can get away with not paying a driver AND not having to worry about stopping every 8-10 hours on a cross country trip for sleep, they'll take advantage of it. Costs and delivery times will drop.
The problem with driverless over the road trucking isn't the long interstate drive.
It's what happens when the truck gets there. There's going to have to be some sort of guidance tech that tells the truck which dock to go to. Everyone who takes deliveries is going to have to install this tech.
Taxi drivers, truckers and pizza delivery drivers. Should they be stressing out
I'm not sure we are at the point where folks will feel comfortable w/ a driverless vehicle. Big difference between a self-driving vehicle vs. an unmanned vehicle.
I don't see self driving cars impacting those three areas as much as other competing services.
E.g taxi drivers are likely being more impacted by services like Uber and Lyft.
Truckers - delivery or long haul? In either case, I think self-driving vehicles may actually be a benefit for both. It's unlikely that you would trust your merchandise/truck without an actual person there. And while long haul trucks can be loaded/unloaded at the terminal, delivery trucks will still need someone to deliver the actual merchandise to the recipient. In this case, delivery drones may be a bigger threat relatively speaking.
Pizza delivery - as someone already mentioned, they still need someone to walk the pizza to the door. Not to mention that it makes little financial sense for a pizza shop to actually buy self-driving cars to deliver pizza vs. just hiring folks w/ cars.
In most of these cases, the driver is doing more than just the actual driving. So removing that task from them doesn't necessarily mean they are no longer needed.
Just a matter of time to get the software where it needs to be where they would trust it around town too. Resistance is futile.
There is definitely a "trust" issue with Joe Q. Public. But even the self driving vehicles out now in their infancy have a dramatically better safety record than humans.
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