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It would appear Arizona is further cementing itself as ground zero for the testing of self-driving vehicles.

TuSimple, a San Diego-based self-driving truck company that operates its autonomous trucks out of Tucson, has been hauling loads for UPS between Phoenix and Tucson since May. The tests, a company spokesperson told 12 News, are going “very well.”

The company said it started making non-autonomous deliveries back in March for UPS as a way to map out routes, collect data, and learn the “UPS process.” Daily autonomous runs began in May between Tucson and Phoenix with a driver and an engineer in the truck.

SHOCKING footage shows a reckless delivery driver force his way in front of an HGV in dual carriageway roadworks before brake-checking the lorry.

The UPS driver was apparently furious at the HGV for not giving way, even though the lorry driver had let another vehicle in front as they approached the roadworks.

The clip shows the van driver come within inches of the cones and the HGV and he desperately battles to get ahead.

Having done that, the UPS driver risks a pile up by deliberately hitting his brakes.

United Parcel Service will eliminate 64 jobs in Coppell in a move to outsource accounting work.

In a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission, the company said the job cuts will begin in October and continue into January. It said the administrative employees will be offered severance.

The Atlanta-based delivery company had revenue of nearly $72 billion in 2018 and more than 480,000 employees. Dallas-Fort Worth is considered one of the company’s air hubs.