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… sensors and a navigation system to drive on the road. They brake independently and use radars and cameras to navigate around other vehicles. Alexander, of Navigant, says that automated trucks will still need people in these trucks, at least at first. But the jobs will be for people who can handle these systems’ on-board computers and fix problems that arise. This dynamic is at the core of automation: It doesn’t just get rid of jobs. It creates new jobs as well. Often, the jobs that disappear are low-paid, repetitive work and the new jobs are better, at …

… truckers were the best paid and most powerful segment of the US working class. – Steve Viscelli
Comment #1: Elite Control Over Societies
The “free market” religion that the rich have converted many Americans into believing is centralizing wealth and power in the hands of a FEW THOUSAND PEOPLE that CONTROL more than half of the world’s wealth. Half of everything: money, land, machinery, 75% of stocks (to control decision making), etc. Again: HALF OF EVERYTHING!
The very people who keep telling us that centralizing control of the economy is evil have centralized the economy under their them. They …

… trucker was, after adjusting for inflation, making the equivalent of more than $110,000 today. – The Atlantic
The source above is not reliable as it is a shill for the trucking industry. Therefore, the $110,000 number is more likely to be accurate. If so, it would mean that trucking jobs have declined far more than just 47% from the 1980s)
On the other hand, the New York Times had a lower estimate of the average wages of a truck driver in 1980 as can be found in the following quotation.
The 1980 census found that the average male driver —

… functioned for decades as a vast waste disposal system for the oil industry. As refineries became more sophisticated, producing higher quality petrol for cars, for example, the worst bits of the barrel ended up in the engines of ships. Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Exhaust gases transformed into toxic particles that pollute coastal regions. The pollutants drift inland beyond busy shipping routes, causing major respiratory illnesses and other health hazards as well as polluting lakes and streams and causing crop damage, especially in south-east Asia, say …