Traffic Safety Facts
According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in US were registered
2010
- about 51000 crashes
- almost 10000 injured persons
- 440 known fatalities—involving a vehicle striking an object that came off of another vehicle
2013
- 3,964 people killed
- 95,000 people injured in crashes involving large trucks.
- 342,000 large trucks were involved in police-reported traffic crashes during 2013.
Since drivers are not obligated to be in the driver’s seat all the time and can sleep while the truck is in autonomous mode, surely this kind of disasters can be reduced.
Future of truck drivers
The technology is moving very fast, machines are replacing the humans, how good is this really?
According to American Trucking Associations
- there are approximately 3.5 million professional truck drivers employed in the truck industry in the United States,
- together with those in positions that do not entail driving, exceeds 8.7 million.
- about one of every 15 workers in the country are employed in the trucking business
In this moment with the present trucks situation, US trucking industry seeks for truck drivers to hire. In 2014, the trucking industry was short 38,000 drivers.
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Could the actual jobs be threatened from the future technology, to be exact from the future trucks? If the truck drivers are not longer required, the economy that we know will change. Truck drivers are linked with the economy of all small business like:
• motels
• dining restaurants
• coffee shops
• bars
What will happen with this places if there are no truck drivers to visit them? What will happen with the people that are working in this services?
