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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 1650081" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>If by getting by you mean killing people then you have a seriously warped sense of "getting by".</p><p><a href="http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=29089#.VWOQJUZXBVU" target="_blank">http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=29089#.VWOQJUZXBVU</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually they are on the rise. Truck driving is in demand more than ever and trying to find qualified, safe drivers is very difficult for companies these days. Even our seasonal hires, last I checked, are now making nearly $30/hr. The company was offering less, but people weren't applying.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Its safe to say automated tractors are coming regardless of wages. If the technology ever becomes good enough that a tractor can be sent on its own down the road without a human behind the wheel I see that as the death knell for the traditional tractor trailer driver. Even if its more expensive to purchase than a standard tractor it doesn't have hours of service to worry about, breaks, meal periods, wages, or benefits to be paid. When UPS can put a trailer on the road and have it across the nation in a day and a half or less because the truck doesn't need to stop except for fuel then there simply will be no way we can compete. On that note though I think it will be decades down the road before a Tractor can be let out on the open road by itself without human intervention. Most of us will be eligible for retirement by then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 1650081, member: 249"] If by getting by you mean killing people then you have a seriously warped sense of "getting by". [URL]http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=29089#.VWOQJUZXBVU[/URL] Actually they are on the rise. Truck driving is in demand more than ever and trying to find qualified, safe drivers is very difficult for companies these days. Even our seasonal hires, last I checked, are now making nearly $30/hr. The company was offering less, but people weren't applying. Its safe to say automated tractors are coming regardless of wages. If the technology ever becomes good enough that a tractor can be sent on its own down the road without a human behind the wheel I see that as the death knell for the traditional tractor trailer driver. Even if its more expensive to purchase than a standard tractor it doesn't have hours of service to worry about, breaks, meal periods, wages, or benefits to be paid. When UPS can put a trailer on the road and have it across the nation in a day and a half or less because the truck doesn't need to stop except for fuel then there simply will be no way we can compete. On that note though I think it will be decades down the road before a Tractor can be let out on the open road by itself without human intervention. Most of us will be eligible for retirement by then. [/QUOTE]
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