Is It A Bad Time To Break Into Trucking?

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What concerns me is that shippers do not want to pay trucking companies enough money for them to make a reasonable profit. Also, a critical shortage of drivers puts upward pressure on salaries further cutting into profits. Trucking companies are caught between a rock and a hard place. This is all leading towards pressure to automate. Having automation for an aircraft is one thing but a whole different animal for a terrestrial vehicle.

I for one do not want to see self-driving trucks, especially given that computer systems are woefully insecure. Self-driving trucks are all well and good until there is a failure of the on-board computer or the on-board computer gets compromised - then you have a 40+ ton lethal weapon. Imagine a cyber-terrorist attack where an entire fleet's computer systems get compromised, then you have the potential for a serious mass-casualty incident.

Something needs to give and the only way to force prices to rise is really to reduce capacity.

Shipper:

The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
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