"“Automation is something anybody who works in or gets income from the transportation sector should be aware of and should be thinking about,” Stanford Law School Scholar Bryant Walker Smith told InsideSources. “There will be profound changes. There will be some opportunities but a lot of challenges for those employed.”
Smith adds the upcoming technology is something unions should be concerned about. Labor unions are particularly vulnerable because their influence is based on membership. When drivers start being replaced by computers, it will mean fewer members that taxi and trucking unions can rally or collect dues from."