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 In a hearing before members of the American Highway and Transit Subcommittee, the president and CEO of the American Trucking Association (ATA) stated that the ATA believes automated trucks will be a tool that will help improve the efficiency of freight movement and help address a shortage of drivers, not replace them [1, see full article].
To this end, the ATA encourages a multimodal approach that prioritizes commercial motor vehicles, heavy specialty vehicles, trailer-combination vehicles, and passenger vehicles equally.
The president and CEO further stated that safety gains are achievable by removing human error, which is a factor in 87% of large truck crashes and 94% of all vehicle crashes, and that automated and connected vehicle technology can work together to reduce or even eliminate these crashes. It is also possible to make meaningful advances in other important policy areas like reducing traffic congestion and emissions nationwide.
Full Article: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Volume 18, Number 4, December 2023 | 
 stated that they believe automated trucks will be a tool that will help improve the efficiency of freight movement and help address a shortage of drivers, not replace them.*/);){kind=small}
