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The High Cost of Cheap Safetyism - Autonomous Truck(er)s

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When you punish the adults, the children run rampant.

There’s a common salutation expressed amongst truckers when departing each others company, or ending a phone conversation - ”Alright buddy, have a SAFE ONE …” ”Be SAFE out there.” ”Take it easy, STAY SAFE …” Given that truckers in America are engaged in one of the deadliest jobs in the country you can understand why this particular idiom has lodged itself in our vernacular. Unfortunately, the notion of ‘Safety’ has been elevated to a Moral Good in and of itself, across nearly every area of society, and has become a ubiquitous Thought Terminating Cliché, such that I wince every time I…

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