{"id":139511,"date":"2019-05-21T16:55:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=139511"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:55:13","slug":"postal-service-tests-self-driving-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/postal-service-tests-self-driving-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postal Service testing self-driving trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Self-driving<\/p>\n

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”<\/p>\n

That’s the unofficial motto of the Post Office, and something that seems even more possible when the couriers themselves are robotic trucks<\/strong> that don’t need to eat, sleep, or go to the bathroom. Sure, we’re a long way off from the T-1000 showing up at our door with a bag of mail, but self-driving mail trucks are already being tested.<\/p>\n

Starting today, the San Diego-based company TuSimple<\/a> is running a two-week test of mail truck deliveries between USPS locations in Phoenix and Dallas. The self-driving semis will make five round trips, each one 45 hours long.<\/strong> Even if you’re the most ferocious road warrior in the world, wearing a diaper and an IV, that’s probably outside your comfortable driving range.<\/p>\n

To keep an eye on things, the self-driving trucks will have a human driver who could jump in. An engineer will ride shotgun.<\/p>\n

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Self-driving trucks could provide incredible cost savings and efficiency. That will also come at the cost of driving jobs, however. According to Reuters, the American Trucking Associations estimates a shortage of as many as 174,500 drivers by 2024<\/a>, due to an aging workforce and the difficulty of attracting younger drivers. So self-driving trucks will be great to replace any human shortfalls. The problem, however, will be the drivers who don’t want<\/em> to be replaced by Robo-Driver 2000.<\/p>\n

If all vehicles became self-driving, that would wipe out three percent of all American jobs.<\/a>\u00a0Millions of careers that could come to a screeching halt. In many states, “truck driver” is the most popular occupation.<\/a><\/p>\n

As technology accelerates, we’ll have to be mindful of helping those displaced by its effects. Sometimes making things cheaper comes at a higher cost than we realize.<\/p>\n

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