Autonomous Trucks
"By opposing AB 316, the Newsom administration is catering to Big Tech when it should be protecting good-paying jobs and keeping Californians safe from roadside tragedy," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien. The Teamsters will continue to fight with everything we have to ensure AB 316 becomes law in California to safeguard workers, families, and communities." AB 316 is not a ban on self-driving trucks; rather, it protects good jobs and keeps roads safe by requiring a trained human operator behind the wheel of autonomous vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds. New polling released this week shows that self-driving trucks are overwhelmingly unpopular among California voters. At least 70 percent of respondents across party lines, gender, geography, and all other demographics support AB 316; only one in five voters polled said that they had a favorable view.