Autonomous big-rigs to displace truck drivers? Not so fast, experts say

Jan 26, 2020 at 06:50 AM CST
Google’s self-driving vehicle project – Waymo – is moving forward with plans to put autonomous trucks on the road, but industry experts are not worried that drivers will be displaced in the near future – or potentially ever. “I’m not the least bit concerned about truly driverless trucks,” Brian Fielkow, president of multimillion-dollar trucking and logistics company Jetco Delivery, told FOX Business. “I think we all see it is the future, and it will be here, but I think we’re getting ahead of ourselves.” The reasons Fielkow believes the U.S. is decades away from seeing a truly driverless truck on the road include ill-equipped infrastructure, liability concerns and reservations from the public -- other drivers.

Jan 26, 2020 at 06:50 AM CST

Google’s self-driving vehicle project – Waymo – is moving forward with plans to put autonomous trucks on the road, but industry experts are not worried that drivers will be displaced in the near future – or potentially ever. “I’m not the least bit concerned about truly driverless trucks,” Brian Fielkow, president of multimillion-dollar trucking and logistics company Jetco Delivery, told FOX Business. “I think we all see it is the future, and it will be here, but I think we’re getting ahead of ourselves.” The reasons Fielkow believes the U.S. is decades away from seeing a truly driverless truck on the road include ill-equipped infrastructure, liability concerns and reservations from the public -- other drivers.