"Automation is coming for truckers – but first, they're being watched... The promise of self-driving trucks will radically reshape one of America's most common jobs. There are 3.5 million professional drivers in the US, all of whom may face job displacement in the autonomous future being developed by companies like Otto, Daimler, and Tesla. But before robots take the wheel entirely, there will be a long period where truckers and artificial technology split the responsibilities of the work. The first big step toward that future comes in the form of the electronic logging device, a dashboard monitor that tracks speed, location, and a driver's schedule, and reports it to an employer or a third-party monitoring service. It has a lot of truckers worried..."
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ChaosEnginesays...These guys are worried that their paint is cracking while their foundation crumbles.
I feel bad for them, but if I was in their position I’d be looking for a career move.
notarobotjokingly says...This is excellent research.
Learning through observation--collecting data....
eric3579says...*promote
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Fairbssays...I can understand why they are doing this, but it is big brotheresque
entr0pysays...Seems like a great regulation if you want to reduce needless road deaths.
I just wish they would do the same thing with the hospital industry, where doctors and nurses frequently work stupidly long shifts that they know cause accidents.
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