Truckers will be romanticized like cowboys once self-driving cars take over. amirite?

Way of the road, Bubs

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Truckers vs bears

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Haha very funny grandpa

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Is it just me or do we still have a really long way to go on all this

by Marquardtjennyf 2 weeks ago

But a short time to get there. I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Peak Trucker Unsung American Hero Era.

by Individual-Hat 2 weeks ago

I think full automation is closer than people think. Although I believe truckers will have job security and might even transition into easier work as self driving semis will still need a human "pilot" to oversee the machine, making sure it doesn't bug out.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

"Just 5 years away!" *every 7 years

by Baileyromaine 2 weeks ago

They'll need less and less oversight as the technology gets better

by No-Length 2 weeks ago

Good luck telling a driver to give up driving.

by Sensitive-Friend 2 weeks ago

And thwart literal highway robbery.

by Grahamrebecca 2 weeks ago

Well, cowboys were a us thing too, so I feel my point stands

by Grahamrebecca 2 weeks ago

According to Kars 4 Kids we went from primary horses to cars in about one decade. My guess is the self driving safety will have a few rough years followed by a massive jump in reliability that takes over really quick.

by Significant-Bed8968 2 weeks ago

I give it another 20+ or so years.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Did you read the update or has this article just sat in your bookmarks for 3 years?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I just googled it, it displayed differently to me. Regardless, even if Waymo is pivoting to driverless taxis, other companies are still doing freight. It's probably going to be a lot sooner than 20 years before you see significant disruption.

by Impressive_Field_711 2 weeks ago

That article is saying that all the companies working on it are throwing in the towel and that it won't be happening any time soon...

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Just you

by Internal-Control8329 2 weeks ago

They were already romanticized in the 1970s, you're late to the party.

by Altruistic-Umpire 2 weeks ago

Looks like we got ourselves a convoy.

by Bridget09 2 weeks ago

Yep plus smokey and the bandit, Teddy Bear, etc

by Rude_Palpitation5440 2 weeks ago

BJ and the Bear 🚛 🐻

by Regular_Oil_1615 2 weeks ago

Ergo...the monster truck rally shall become the rodeo

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

They already think they are now

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

God so true.. not even realizing that they are basically general labor.. also, am truck driver

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Watch the film, "Tampopo". I think it's my favorite comedy ever.

by Glad_Ad4504 2 weeks ago

What about train drivers

by Mindless_Monitor 2 weeks ago

They already are..

by Plenty-Tradition5416 2 weeks ago

Cowboys had to be in pretty good shape. Many truckers remind me of Jenkins

by Acrobatic_Reward_867 2 weeks ago

The freedom of the open road. Commanding a big vehicle loaded with precious cargo. Bring back the old 70s trucker movies and it will be just like the old west!

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

You clearly missed the 70s with BJ & Bear, and the rubber duck

by Regular_Oil_1615 2 weeks ago

Once self driving trucks take over, it'll be safe to hitchhike everywhere!

by Juliana58 2 weeks ago

lol, once self driving cars take over? we're lucky if we make it that far. rather bold statement about a technology that still drives through plate glass windows on the reg

by Deep_Temperature8703 2 weeks ago

They have been for decades.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

honestly, I don't think that self driving cars will end up more than a pipe-dream for politicians wanting control over the citizenry

by Johnathon41 2 weeks ago

We're almost there

by schowaltercarme 2 weeks ago

Lay off the meth

by AloneEvidence2073 2 weeks ago

It will happen eventually. It will probably just take longer than originally planned due to resistance and logistics

by dorothy15 2 weeks ago

I don't think so, from what I see what you call "resistance and logistics" will kill the idea sooner rather than later.

by Johnathon41 2 weeks ago

Honestly, they deserve it.

by Conscious_Media4615 2 weeks ago

That was the '70s and '80s with films like Smokey and the Bandit. Then truckers turned out to be prostitute murdering serial killers.

by Difficult_Land 2 weeks ago

Cowboys still exist. They just ride quads more now instead of horses. There will still be truckers. Companies aren't going to send billions of dollars worth of products out on the open road with nobody there to deter thieves.

by Grahamrebecca 2 weeks ago

Truckers WERE romanticized in the seventies and eighties. There was this whole ‘mystique of a lone manly man on the open road' BS going on.

by Wschiller 2 weeks ago