SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.
“Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, head of the California Labor Federation, said driverless trucks are dangerous…” Well are they dangerous? Is there any data to back up that claim? And is there data to back up the claim that keeping the driver in the vehicle makes it safe again?
I hate this “save the jobs” attitude. How about we not save the jobs and pay them to get other jobs or even pay them to stay home?
because trucks with drivers aren’t
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Truck-kun here, no relation.
I am 100% for a funding an unemployement extension, and fund education in a new field for those displaced from their jobs by automation, robotics, AI, and other technology.
We live in a rapidly changing world, and many people are going to need the help. One of many things I actually want my tax dollars going toward.
(obviously not happening any time soon though in the US, and no state can go it alone).