If my wife goes into labor and there are protesters in the street on the way to the hospital, I’m driving over the protesters. Not sorry.

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You don’t day.

This is pathetic. Move your damn car off the road. This is why America is awesome....we support your right to protest, so long as the protest is peaceful and does not impede traffic or public streets, or cause a risk to public health. They are risking the health of every single person in the city by doing this. What…

Why should the government reward bad behavior? Screw these guys. Welcome to the future.

Lots of butthurt here. Instead of throwing a coordinated temper tantrum, why not make a coordinated effort to compete?

Usually in order to wash it.

I have tried to formulate a witty response to this. I even typed some out and backspaced over them realizing they were inadequate. I just...can’t. “You’re stupid,” is the best I can do. Sorry.

Everybody knows that old school station wagons just keep rollin rollin rollin

Depends on your perspective. My general knowledge is they drive about 60 hours a week and earn between 40 -60K on average.

For about 38 seconds between the time you finish cleaning it and the time that some pollen blows by.

Straight-sixes are known and loved for smoothness

Remember the commercials about going to school to become a long haul trucker? They used to play during the day for people they knew we not working. Those commercials have been replaced by the ambulance chaser lawyer commercials where they ask if you fell on someone’s property.

Yep. I had a Toyota (Chevy) Nova from 1986. When I got it in 1994, it was already badly faded.

So, reduce the number of applicants still further?

My guess is that 20 years from now, autonomous hauling (and autonomous vehicles in general) will still be seemingly right around the corner.

WTF

None of that is going to address the issues of low driver pay, long hours and few benefits. In fact, all of that will probably thin the number of qualifying truck drivers even more.

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