Self Driving Trucks
As the Department of Labor has basically told the DOT and FMCSA to be hands off on the companies testing Driverless Trucks. This is a sign by their own admission that tech companies do not have to play by the same rules as the rest of us.
Imagine for a moment if the DOT and FMCSA were to not have their week long party next week. If you are a driverless trucking company than you have nothing to worry about. Your trucks will not be inspected, you will not be harrassed, you will continue to run down the road while the trucks that have drivers are at the scales.
The DOL wants driverless trucks to be implemented over the next 5-10 years. The industry will continue to scream driver shortage as a ploy to make this happen. The problem is not a lack of drivers, the problem is a lack of quality drivers. Why is this the case?
Piss poor training, Piss poor wages, continued over regulation of this industry that already has way to many regulations (so much for the Rumpsters getting rid of more regulations). I warned a lot of people about the ELD mandate being much bigger than trucking. People stated that it would not happen in their life time but it did. I have been warning as many as I can about these driverless trucks, just to hear that it will not happen in our lifetime. It is here and will happen if we do not get involved and put a stop to it.
They plan on taking our fuel tax money and building driverless truck highways. Funny how we will be the ones paying for our own demise.