There are 1.8 million heavy truck drivers and 800,000 light truck drivers in the US. Driving a truck is the most common occupation in 29 states , and a high-paying one relative to other jobs that require similar levels of education.
All of this makes the prospect of self-driving vehicles–which many manufactures say they expect to have on the road within the next five years–a focal point in the discussion about how automation will impact employment.
The relationship between trucking jobs and automation is more complicated than simply replacing drivers with vehicles that drive themselves, says Joseph Kane, a senior research […]
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