Technology can make big rigs more comfortable and easier to drive. But will new tech improve drivers’ jobs, or eliminate them?
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For our next story, we’re going inside the cab of a big rig. The U.S. needs more truck drivers, and right now, new technology is promising to help those drivers or to replace them. NPR’s Camila Domonoske took a spin behind the wheel of a new big rig to see how cameras and computers can make a driver’s job a little easier.
CAMILA DOMONOSKE, BYLINE: Joel Morrow has seen trucks change