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<blockquote data-quote="HFolb23" data-source="post: 5086843" data-attributes="member: 55674"><p>Well thank the sweet lord that I’m a 26 year old feeder driver then, how blessed will I feel when I retire and a year later all my coworkers are mostly unemployed while a select lucky few get to keep their jobs inspecting trailers for robots. It’s a shame my grandkids won’t believe me that trucks actually had drivers at one point, they’ll probably put me in a home when I claim to have driven them earlier in life. </p><p></p><p>I might just be a dumb feeder driver, but maybe that’s why I can see the flaws in this technology (and your pre/post trip inspectors concept) and you cant. I’ve agreed that trucks with autonomously driving capability have their place, you’re the one who chooses to ignore their flaws and just continue to say that the sky is falling on our feeder dept. </p><p></p><p>My belief is that this technology in its current state is not going to replace feeder drivers and you would too if you actually did this job. Replace the average OTR driver? That’s a more likely maybe, but it still doesn’t fit the job perfectly nor does it fit the UPS niche as the technology exists today which is why UPS needs to develop or work with these companies if they want this to fit their roles. In 10, 25, or 50 years you can speculate whatever you want but acting as if the end is coming for feeder drivers is melodramatic at best. Generations before mine really thought cars were going to be flying by now. </p><p></p><p>You seem incredibly confident in this technology, yet you’re very selective about what issues you defend. Why is that? Do you truly think that none of the issues anyone has brought up is a valid reason why a human should still be in the cab? If autonomous trucks in their current state killing feeder driver positions is really the end result that you see in your magic crystal ball then I’d like to ask what other wisdom you can pass along about a job you don’t do? Or perhaps some stock purchasing suggestions since you can see the future and we will all be unemployed soon? I already own TSLA before you suggest that. </p><p></p><p>I’m going to go out on a limb and say you drive a Model 3 and that your entire personality is wrapped around it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HFolb23, post: 5086843, member: 55674"] Well thank the sweet lord that I’m a 26 year old feeder driver then, how blessed will I feel when I retire and a year later all my coworkers are mostly unemployed while a select lucky few get to keep their jobs inspecting trailers for robots. It’s a shame my grandkids won’t believe me that trucks actually had drivers at one point, they’ll probably put me in a home when I claim to have driven them earlier in life. I might just be a dumb feeder driver, but maybe that’s why I can see the flaws in this technology (and your pre/post trip inspectors concept) and you cant. I’ve agreed that trucks with autonomously driving capability have their place, you’re the one who chooses to ignore their flaws and just continue to say that the sky is falling on our feeder dept. My belief is that this technology in its current state is not going to replace feeder drivers and you would too if you actually did this job. Replace the average OTR driver? That’s a more likely maybe, but it still doesn’t fit the job perfectly nor does it fit the UPS niche as the technology exists today which is why UPS needs to develop or work with these companies if they want this to fit their roles. In 10, 25, or 50 years you can speculate whatever you want but acting as if the end is coming for feeder drivers is melodramatic at best. Generations before mine really thought cars were going to be flying by now. You seem incredibly confident in this technology, yet you’re very selective about what issues you defend. Why is that? Do you truly think that none of the issues anyone has brought up is a valid reason why a human should still be in the cab? If autonomous trucks in their current state killing feeder driver positions is really the end result that you see in your magic crystal ball then I’d like to ask what other wisdom you can pass along about a job you don’t do? Or perhaps some stock purchasing suggestions since you can see the future and we will all be unemployed soon? I already own TSLA before you suggest that. I’m going to go out on a limb and say you drive a Model 3 and that your entire personality is wrapped around it. [/QUOTE]
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