In This Episode
Dayton Rumbold, Bill Wettstein, and Doug Bradle discuss what autonomous vehicles mean for the trucking industry.
Quotes from the Episode
- “What You do matters. You are making a difference… this isn’t about replacing drivers.”
- “This really feels like more of a play to allow trucking to grow and not replace jobs.”
On Why Nussbaum Is Even Exploring This
- “We don’t want to be a Kodak or a Blockbuster. We want to steward what God has given us.”
- “As a company, we’re not going to stop technology. But we can stay aware of what’s happening.”
- “This is about education — not diving in headfirst.”
Reality Check on Autonomous Technology
- “Autonomous trucks have to be flawless to get on the highway. People won’t tolerate failure from a computer the way they tolerate failure from humans.”
- “Accumulating snow or ice? The truck is out of service. That’s why everything today is still in the sunny south.”
- “How do you picture a world with no drivers? Who fuels the truck? Who handles breakdowns? Who talks to the guard shack? Who unhooks and rehooks? The infrastructure isn’t even close.”
- “The truck hasn’t learned how to anticipate like a human. We knew that pickup was going to cut across our lane long before the system did.”
On the I‑70 Level‑2 Project
- “This is not a driverless project. It is level‑2 — the driver is still responsible for driving.”
- “These are basically the same trucks we were already buying. Nothing dramatically special about them.”
- “It’s an experiment to understand how the systems respond — not a step toward replacing our drivers.”
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