PBS NewsHour

Are driverless vehicles the end of the road for truckers?

Clip: 12/07/2018 | 8m 37s | Video has closed captioning.

The trucking industry has long faced a driver shortage, in part because of high risk, low pay and long hours. The rise of autonomous vehicles could alleviate that problem--but it could also eliminate jobs for a population of older men who lack college degrees and might have difficulty finding new work. Paul Solman explores the conundrum for our special Future of Work series.