Podcast: States push for safety drivers in autonomous trucks
Lawmakers in five states are considering legislation that would require a human driver to be present in autonomous trucks on public roads. Also, a career in the coffee industry eventually led a woman from Puerto Rico to get into trucking. OOIDA member Natasha Cruz-Sanchez joins the show.
09:46 – How coffee led a woman to a trucking career
39:23 – States push for safety drivers in autonomous trucks
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Visit Land Line Magazine’s Daily News by State webpage.
- Contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues at OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website.
- You can visit OOIDA’s tour truck, Spirit of the American Trucker, at the Speedway on Frontage Road in Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 1-2. Stop in and join OOIDA for $35.
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How coffee led a woman to a trucking career
A career in the coffee industry eventually led a woman from Puerto Rico to get into trucking. OOIDA member Natasha Cruz-Sanchez says what started out as a challenge to herself turned into a job she loves.
States push for safety drivers in autonomous trucks
For many years, truckers have watched and listened as supporters and developers of autonomous trucks have pushed to get their technology out. Now, five states are considering legislation that would require a human driver to be present in any of those trucks on public roads.