Are Driverless Trucks Ready For Delivery?

One the other hand, the job loss of nearly 1.7 million Americans who are currently working as drivers with an average salary of $42,500, could be one of the most negative impacts of this disruption on the US Economy as nearly 1% of the total US workforce is represented by truckers. This would be the first such scenario in history that the middle class would take on such a direct hit by bringing in automation in a single sector. The concerns are found pervading the whole trucking industry as even an online marketplace Quip Sells it, published an infographic signifying the number of jobs that could be lost due to automation led by driverless trucks, while on the surface, this has nothing of value to a business which deals in heavy machinery but this phenomenon will end up affecting all direct and indirect stakeholders. This is where the Government and the Policy Makers come in, as not only will they have to make more laws like the ones released by the Obama Administration on Sept 20 which are the first of their kind federal laws pertaining to the rules for driving automated vehicles, but also make provisions and involve strategists to absorb this massive wave of unemployment back into the economy.