The OECD notes that in the United States and Europe could disappear by 2030 to 4,400,000 jobs professional chauffeurs.

He autonomous car It is practically a reality that many manufacturers are working to getting safer mobility. However, like most things, the autonomous car, in addition to its many pros, also has its cons, especially as far as road transport is concerned.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged governments to prepare for the autonomous truck carried, because the loss of millions of jobs driver can cause “social unrest”. The International Transport Forum (ITF), an organization belonging to the OECD, published a report which provides recipes for radical transformation that will mean on many fronts arrival of autonomous heavy vehicles.

million jobs will disappear

The document in question states that it is necessary design a legal framework to regulate the movement of trucks without driver and warns that only in the United States and Europe They could disappear about 4.4 million jobs by 2030 professional drivers. This figure represents 70% of jobs driving the industry expects it will take in that year.

The virtues of the autonomous vehicle nobody argues, “help reduce costs, reduce emissions and make streets and highways safer,” says the report. But It is “necessary” that governments take action on the matter and “regulate the transition.”

Thus, the study advocates gradually introducing the autonomous truck, establish international standards for this type of vehicle, appoint experts to analyze the development of transition and continue launching pilot projects to study the technological maturity of driverless trucks.

These recommendations have been agreed upon by associations of manufacturers of heavy vehicles, transport companies and workers’ representatives, coordinated by a team of ITF.