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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 2402141" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20160924/self-driving-california-off-the-fiscal-cliff-doug-mcintyre" target="_blank">From the article in the first post in this thread...</a>&quot;I spoke with Jim Hoffa last week on a variety of topics, including the U.C. workers his union represents as well as his endorsement of Mrs. Clinton in the upcoming election and his support for a higher national minimum wage. There were no headlines to be had in his answers.However, when asked if he was concerned about professional drivers losing their jobs as the auto industry rolls out more and more self-driving vehicles, Hoffa raised more than a few eyebrows.“It’s not going to happen”, said Hoffa.As in period.Despite the federal government issuing the first set of national standards for self-driving vehicles and the investment in self-driving technology by trucking industry giants Freightliner, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and many others, the head of the Teamsters Union insists its all a bunch of hooey.And I suppose the Internet is just a passing fancy, too.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 2402141, member: 1940"] [U][URL='http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20160924/self-driving-california-off-the-fiscal-cliff-doug-mcintyre']From the article in the first post in this thread...[/URL][/U] [I]"I spoke with Jim Hoffa last week on a variety of topics, including the U.C. workers his union represents as well as his endorsement of Mrs. Clinton in the upcoming election and his support for a higher national minimum wage. There were no headlines to be had in his answers. [B]However, when asked if he was concerned about professional drivers losing their jobs as the auto industry rolls out more and more self-driving vehicles, Hoffa raised more than a few eyebrows. “It’s not going to happen”, said Hoffa. As in period.[/B] [B]Despite the federal government issuing the first set of national standards for self-driving vehicles and the investment in self-driving technology by trucking industry giants Freightliner, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and many others, the head of the Teamsters Union insists its all a bunch of hooey.[/B] And I suppose the Internet is just a passing fancy, too."[/I] [/QUOTE]

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