Autonomous Vehicle News
California already has rules governing self-driving cars and delivery trucks that weigh less than 10,001 pounds. Now, the California Department of Motor Vehicles is gathering information for potential new rules that would let self-driving semi-trucks weighing as much as 80,000 pounds on the road. Labor unions aren’t waiting around for that to happen. AdvertisementBusiness Self-driving trucks need more scrutiny than self-driving cars, union says. “There is no way they can think like that.”But beyond safety issues, labor unions see the technology as a threat to their jobs.