Trucking Autonomous Trucks

    Google's self driving cars have driven almost a million miles. People are suggesting that their next invention will be self driving diesels. Then the fear is that the response system will not be up to par and vehicle accidents will increase ten fold. Along with that, jobs will be put in jeopardy. Taxi drivers will be slowly laid off, and truck drivers will be plucked

This could support the claim that automatics are dangerous for our jobs, because they can find documents more efficiently than us humans which could be a problem because they would want to hire something that’s more accurate and reliable. In “Heads Up Humans”(pg 4) it states” 13.5 million truck drivers could end up displaced”. This shows that certain jobs will most likely fall apart for human use and drive for the robots as they’ll take the job instead. Although it is possible for automatics to intrude on our jobs, will it ever actually take them? Even with robots, someone will be specialized in making them Even with that, there’s still proof that we can benefit from technology.

Muthuveerapan Narayanan, Purushothaman Rayalsamy, Shafiul Ehsan Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr. Detroit, MI 48202, USA Abstract--Electricity is not just an option for passenger cars. Hybrid and all-electric technologies are moving into delivery trucks, garbage trucks, and tractor trailers, as well as into other more out of-sight vehicles, all of which literally help keep our economy moving. For these medium- and heavy-duty trucks, the goals of electrification are the same as with cars: reducing pollution, oil consumption (in trucks, usually diesel fuel), and fuel costs. Expanding the use of electrification technologies is a key strategy for doubling the fuel efficiency of trucks and for helping to cut our nation’s projected oil consumption in half over the next 20 years.

In summary, on 01/01/16 at 1648 hours I was patrolling the area of 1600 S. 49th Ave., at which time I observed a vehicle (91' black Buick IL E527350) with the driver not wearing a seat belt. I conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle.

For the commercial or owner operator truck driver, technology can make life easier or harder. GPS and cell phones when used safely, have made life easier for truck drivers. However, other types of technology, often referred to as "disruptive," cause revolutionary changes that can spell the end to the way things are traditionally done. With 3D printing, it's not completely clear how it will impact the trucking industry in the long term. However, one thing is fairly clear, it won't make trucking obsolete or drastically disrupt it next year or even within the next ten years.

The army trucks was built in the 1950’s to help the army during World War II, It was invented to help the soldiers during their fights. In 1950 Autocar introduced its concept for custom engineering and they were promoted as being the World's Finest. Trucks were built to meet people's needs and requirements. In the 1970’s they invented the ambulance to help save people's lives faster and quicker on the way to the hospital. Now the vehicles in 2017 are not made as good as they were in the early years. They are made better now in 2017 than they were earlier in 1950.

We have already seen a decrease in jobs due to automation. Since 2000, the United States has lost 5 million factory jobs, while from 2006 to 2013, manufacturing grew by 17.6% (roughly 2.2% a year). 88% of those jobs were lost due to “productivity growth,” cites a study by Ball State University. The study also found that all sectors grew in terms of productivity by at least 32% from 1998 to 2012 when adjusted for inflation, with computer and electronic products rising 829%. In fact, the researchers found: “If 2000-levels of productivity are applied to 2010-levels of production, the U.S. would have required 20.9 million manufacturing workers instead of the 12.1 million actually employed.” In summary, due to companies’ expenditures in automation and software, the output per U.S. manufacturing worker has doubled over the past two decades. Indeed, “the real robotics revolution is ready to begin,” according to the Boston Consulting Group, who predict “the share of tasks that are performed by robots will rise from a global average of around 10% across all manufacturing industries

Compared to last century, workers in manufacturing jobs feel more threatened by automation than ever before. While the number of jobs eliminated by automation continues to increase, employers are also less willing to create jobs. In the article "Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril," Nathan Bomey, a business reporter for USA Today, explores the current position of manufacturing workers. In the article, Bomey explains how, "about 58% of CEOs plan to cut jobs over the next five years because of robotics, while 16% say they plan to hire more people because of robotics" (3). Only the United States Government has the power to create a solution to the quandary of workers affected by the switch to technology in the workforce.

| Beginning in January 2007, the trucking industry will be required to submit an electronic cargo manifest to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for trucks entering the United States through all ports of entry in the states of Washington and Arizona, and select ports in North Dakota. The information will be submitted through the automated commercial environment, or ACE, which CBP touts as its next-generation technology to track and process truck cargo.

Vehicles that drive themselves is a concept that is often thought about in futuristic movies or science fiction novels. Throughout, history mankind has been fascinated with robots and cars that could work without humans. Advanced technology is getting closer to making these futuristic ideas the real thing. Living in an advanced technological time would society be ready for this to happen and how far away is this from becoming a reality?

Self-driving trucks have become a major scare for the trucking industry. Although uber’s Advanced Technology Group is promoting the positives of the new technology, truck drivers are realizing that their jobs are not secure. Uber believes that self-driving trucks will majorly increase supply, demand, and the amount of trucking jobs. The work that humans provide during drives is not matchable. Truck drivers move axles, check brakes, check are hoses, and communicate with outside sources. The more computerized jobs become, the less necessity there will be for manual labor.

If the people of the world have self driving trucks on the highway instead of humans, people will not have to worry whether they are going to get smashed by an 18-wheeler. Without a human on the road the truck is not able to make a mistake or drive incorrectly. If self driving trucks were to be released to the world, the supplies that are being transported will get to their destination a lot faster. If a human is not behind the wheel, there will be no reason to stop for diesel or food while the truck is on the highway. The self driving trucks will save companies much more money because they will just have to buy the technology for the truck and not have to pay workers. The company will also no longer have to pay for diesel money on the trip to the trucks destination. If self driving trucks are released there will be no need for a person behind the wheel. Truckers will now be able to spend time with their families and do not have to be away for long periods of time. Truckers can now get a job closer to where they live and be a father or a mother to their kids if they have any.

An issue that is increasingly relevant as human beings continue to progress into the future is the need to protect the environment with new sustainable, efficient innovation. Although the three other relevant courses also represented this theme is certain areas, the class that stood out was my critical thinking & writing II class. My final project was focused on researching and proposing radical and pioneering efforts in both the transportation industry and city design. The major theme that I decided to focus on as the backbone of my discussion was the prospect of self-driving cars and the several ways they would revolutionize our pursuit of sustainability. For one, computer-controlled cars would obviously be less prone to accidents, which limits wasted building material. They would also greatly decrease both the overall amount of traffic as well as the time that the average person spends on the road by eliminating human error from transportation. This would greatly reduce the environmental damage as well as the extra energy wasted while stuck in the daily grind of commuting, an example being a line of cars is stopped at a light. The last in line is forced to wait even after they see the flash of green on account of the delayed reactions from all of those in front. With computers in charge, however, once the

Highway Administration, the average American driver drives almost 40 miles every day (FHA, 2011). Given how heavily vehicles are used today, especially in the United States, their replacement with autonomous vehicles could easily have far-reaching implications.

Drivers (not people who drive vehicles) used to manually herd cattle and sheep where ever they were expected/needed (like cowboys). A robot has recently been created to drive herds and go stand even the harshest of environments. Although this makes it easier for farmers it has left lots of drivers unemployed.