AND KOCO DAKOTA KAI SHOWS US AUTONOMOUS SEMI TRUCKS MOVING HERE TO OKLAHOMA. AURORA PARTNERING UP WITH VOLVO. THEY SAY THEY’RE ALREADY IN THE STATE. THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS IT’S TIME TO PREPARE WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY FOR THESE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT’S A BIG PART OF THE FUTURE OF SEMI TRUCKS. THEY’RE HIGHLY TECHNICAL. THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL IS FOCUSING IN ON AUTONOMOUS COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. SIMPLY SEMI TRUCKS THAT DRIVE THEMSELVES. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. INTERNATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE GIANT VOLVO IS PARTNERING WITH AURORA, A SELF-DRIVING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, AND BRINGING IT TO THE SOONER STATE STATE LAWS FROM 2019 AND 2022 PAVED THE WAY FOR DRIVERLESS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. AURORA TRUCKS HAVE BEEN IN TEXAS FOR SOME TIME. THAT DATE OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN OKLAHOMA. THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL EXPECTS TO SEE THEM IN JUNE. OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL WE’RE TRAINING, WORKING WITH THE COMPANY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THESE VEHICLES WORK AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH THESE VEHICLES. WHEN WE DO, INEVITABLY PROBABLY INTERACT WITH THEM. STATE TROOPERS AND POINT OF ENTRY OFFICERS SPENT TIME LEARNING HOW THE VEHICLE WORKS. THEY HAVE A PLAN ON HOW TO INTERACT WITH THEM AND SAY THE TRUCKS WILL RECOGNIZE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND PULL OVER. LIEUTENANT MARK SOUTHALL SAYS THERE ARE BENEFITS TO THIS TOO, LIKE REDUCING DROWSY, INEBRIATED OR DISTRACTED DRIVERS AND OTHER BENEFITS. THIS VEHICLE MAY SEE SOMETHING 600M IN THE DARK THAT THE HUMAN ELEMENT DOESN’T NECESSARILY SEE. THE OHP EXPECTS THEM TO START WITH A PERSON IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK AT FIRST, BUT EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE NO ONE IN THERE. AND THEY SAY WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY EXPECT THE CALLS TO THEIR AGENCY. THERE MAY BE A POINT WHERE SOMEBODY SEES THESE TRUCKS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND NOT SEE A DRIVER