Trucks Are Winning Automation Race – Forbes

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July 16, 2021

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Blog Editor’s Note: And those trucks are going to need rock-solid PNT.

Imagine sharing the road with automated semis that don’t have it.

Great article by RNTF member Diana Furchtgott-Roth.

Trucks Are Winning Automation Race

Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Contributor

Transportation

I write on transportation and tech topics shaping tomorrow’s news.

Britain and America may be two nations divided by a common language, but they face the same problem: a shortage of lorry drivers and truck drivers.

During the pandemic, supply chain disruptions, hoarding, and e-commerce led to greater demand for freight carriers. The UK Road Haulage Association estimates a shortage of 100,000 drivers due to the pandemic and Brexit. Prior to the pandemic, the American Trucking Association estimated that the United States needs another 61,000 truckers, and ATA chief economist Bob Costello told me that he believes that the number is higher today.

PNT is the quiet backbone of everything but too many leaders still don't see the risk.

But you do. You understand the systems, the dependencies, the failure chains. That insight is rare — and it's exactly what your country needs right now. Contact your government leaders and industry decision-makers and tell them resilient PNT isn't a feature — it's the foundation everything else depends on.

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