Now you can take a college class to learn how to drive self-driving trucks

Jul 24, 2019 at 09:29 AM CST
An Arizona community college is offering an unusual new course that promises to train truck drivers for a job that doesn’t really exist yet. Tucson, Arizona’s Pima Community College is currently offering a 12 credit course that will turn students into certified “Autonomous Vehicle Driver & Operations Specialists.” The course promises to teach students about the “basics of computer hardware components, fundamental electronics, safety, health and environmental regulations, domestic freight transportation, and illustrate an understanding of autonomous vehicles.”

Jul 24, 2019 at 09:29 AM CST

An Arizona community college is offering an unusual new course that promises to train truck drivers for a job that doesn’t really exist yet.

Tucson, Arizona’s Pima Community College is currently offering a 12 credit course that will turn students into certified “Autonomous Vehicle Driver & Operations Specialists.” The course promises to teach students about the “basics of computer hardware components, fundamental electronics, safety, health and environmental regulations, domestic freight transportation, and illustrate an understanding of autonomous vehicles.”