Drivers are cheap. Eliminating them won't yield much. Improved safety will be the biggest gain
The article cites $40k average pay per driver. That's fast-food wages
The article cites $40k average pay per driver. That's fast-food wages
Not really. That's basically $20/hour full-time.
Trucking wages are not the greatest, but it feeds your family and pays the bills. The cost savings may be small but coming from a small town where 1/4 of the working population has class 3 and class 1 licenses operating these machines. It's a middle class lifestyle for these communities.
[1] http://trucker.com/trucker-jobs/equipment-driver-pay-push-op...