Ford announces the reduction of 3,000 white collar jobs.

[Thebrownblob]

They're going to have give some massive blanket liability protection on par with guns.

Clearly you haven’t been paying attention to what’s going on in your state legislatures. Not a big shock.

 

[sailfish]

Go work for Amtrak

Now hiring: Amtrak to fill 4,000 new job positions across the board

As the transportation company plans to advance infrastructure, Amtrak plans to hire 4,000 workers for new jobs.

www.usatoday.com

Can't. I don't qualify for their woke team of quota hires.

I'm always astonished by how these listings can post something like that which directly contradicts what they say in the very next sentence.

 

[sailfish]

I always get a kick when someone dies because an unqualified quota hire s up.

 

[newfie]

this is not even close to true

supposedly HR was gutted the hardest and yet we still have a load of "retention supervisors" on the payroll; really makes you think

oh its true. I knew a lot of good people that got purged as i was retiring.
There was 8 HR managers in a 5 state area before the purge one position left afterwards.
a lot more HR supervisors that were also given their severance pay and eliminated.
I can't even imagine the hiring headaches now.

 

[PT Car Washer]

yea i dont even want to think about a feeder pulling a heavy load getting out of control

And yet it happens daily on our highways. Even in good weather. I 80 goes through the middle of my state and several times a week there is a massive slowdown because of a truck loosing control and crashing. Usually without severe injuries or deaths, Thank God. Anyone that drives Interstates daily knows what I mean. Maybe self driving trucks would help lower the accident rate?

 

[Babagounj]

they will force you by taking away your options. Doesn’t everyone want a $50,000 electric car?

$50,000 is the cheap end.

 

[Babagounj]

And yet it happens daily on our highways. Even in good weather. I 80 goes through the middle of my state and several times a week there is a massive slowdown because of a truck loosing control and crashing. Usually without severe injuries or deaths, Thank God. Anyone that drives Interstates daily knows what I mean. Maybe self driving trucks would help lower the accident rate?

Will there be a self driving vehicles lane only ?

 

[Gotta Go]

They're going to have give some massive blanket liability protection on par with guns.

Just like the Covid vaccines.

 

[Mutineer]

We're all so scared of our own shadows these days I can't ever believe driverless vehicles (especially trucks) will become a widespread thing. Just wait for the first few accidents that involve fatalities and settlements in the billion dollar range.

I would like to agree with you on that.

But since recorded history, new technologies have been well known for spectacular, mass casualty malfunctions. One example that comes to mind is the steam engine.

As far as lawsuits against manufacturers, I don't think it will be allowed for them to be sued out of business.

 

[UnionStrong]

I would like to agree with you on that.

But since recorded history, new technologies have been well known for spectacular, mass casualty malfunctions. One example that comes to mind is the steam engine.

As far as lawsuits against manufacturers, I don't think it will be allowed for them to be sued out of business.

The Sultana disaster comes to mind

 

[newolddude]

I would like to agree with you on that.

But since recorded history, new technologies have been well known for spectacular, mass casualty malfunctions. One example that comes to mind is the steam engine.

As far as lawsuits against manufacturers, I don't think it will be allowed for them to be sued out of business.

I think self driving is going to be relegated to specific passenger only low speed areas like The Villages or Seaside Florida and other less than 20mph communities. Plus marshalling yards and office parks for trucks: again at low speed.

 

[vantexan]

I think self driving is going to be relegated to specific passenger only low speed areas like The Villages or Seaside Florida and other less than 20mph communities. Plus marshalling yards and office parks for trucks: again at low speed.

Heck golf carts zip around at 30 mph+ in The Villages.

 

[Thebrownblob]

I think self driving is going to be relegated to specific passenger only low speed areas like The Villages or Seaside Florida and other less than 20mph communities. Plus marshalling yards and office parks for trucks: again at low speed.

Well then you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about because that’s not what the government thinks.

 

[newolddude]

Well then you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about because that’s not what the government thinks.

How does the government think oh wise and knowledgeable one?

 

[Dum preloader]

How does the government think oh wise and knowledgeable one?

It hates all of us equally

 

[Thebrownblob]

How does the government think oh wise and knowledgeable one?

Well oh ignorant and and unknowledgeable one, start searching the Internet for what legislation is being passed everywhere, you typically have your head firmly implanted in a place where you cannot possibly figure anything out. Your comments are generally the most inane and uninformed on here.

 

[Mutineer]

I think self driving is going to be relegated to specific passenger only low speed areas like The Villages or Seaside Florida and other less than 20mph communities. Plus marshalling yards and office parks for trucks: again at low speed.

I think technology will do what it has always done:

Trample upon everyone and everything in it's path.

 

[Up In Smoke]

I think self driving is going to be relegated to specific passenger only low speed areas like The Villages or Seaside Florida and other less than 20mph communities. Plus marshalling yards and office parks for trucks: again at low speed.

Uber has been testing driver less cars in Las Vegas for a month or so now. I've been there a hand full of times and the driving is challenging to sat the least.

 

[Thebrownblob]

https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2020-02/EnsuringAmericanLeadershipAVTech4.pdf

States Lead the Way on Autonomous Vehicle Regulation as Federal Law Looms on the Horizon

Since 2012, the federal government has published voluntary guidance that empowers state governments to create autonomous vehicle (AV) statutory frameworks to allow and/or incentivize autonomous driving technology research and development.

www.morganlewis.com

 

[Wally]

Does everybody remember the term “Essential Worker” during the peak of this pandemic.

Most of the office non union employees worked from home for the most part, this opened up the current phase of gutting middle managers.

Now it is “ big fish eating the little ones”...no more high salary, easy street do nothing positions.. sitting behind the desk and looking pretty ain’t going to cut it anymore.

So easy now to shift many of these jobs overseas. We don't even need to close schools for snow anymore.