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I find it hard to believe the 3 aforementioned companies didn’t have a knowing path to sympathetic automated trucking legislation b4 investing 100s of millions. If u build it they will come. My current ability to earn $$ is in jeopardy.

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Ponder this… By keeping the trucks in Texas, they avoid FMCSA oversight entirely. That’s intrastate rather than interstate, so the Feds have no say. Texas has their own set of rules for intrastate carriers and drivers. One aspect is that Texas allows 18 year old drivers to be fully licensed commercial drivers. Who do you think will be in these trucks earning far less than an experienced truck driver would accept? How much have JB Hunt and Amazon invested in autonomous trucks?

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