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Many think that the introduction of self-driving cars will disrupt the job market for drivers.

Self-driving vehicles are cars or trucks with the abilities that enable them safely maneuver and operate on them on roads on their own without necessarily having physical human drivers in them. These trucks and vehicles use sophisticated sensors and software that control and make them navigate with ease. Additionally, such driverless cars have been mounted with self-automation mechanisms from conventional cars fitted with brake and lane assistance to make them reasonably independent with self-driving prototypes (HAYES, 2019).

Indeed, many people, mostly truck and car drivers face a dilemma as they fear what might be their fate if self-driving cars are fully introduced in the transport sector. It worth noting that most of these drivers are composed of aged and older people with poor skills in other fields as lacking sufficient academic qualifications that may grant them a smooth transition to other available job opportunities (Rapier, 2018). According to the U.S Bureau of Labor statistics conducted in 2018, approximately 1.9million people are currently employed as truck and tractor- raillery drivers, 370,400 driving jobs are provided by tax and delivery employers, and more than 680,000 people in American are employed as bus drivers. Statistics further indicated that the total number of job provided by trucks, tractor-trailers, busses, and tax employers are approximately 2.9 million. Therefore, it translates the introduction of automated and self-driven cars will result in a massive loss of 2.9 million jobs, which I much higher than the total job losses in 2008 during the Great Recession crisis period (Rapier, 2018).

Perhaps several transport sectors will be affected by uncontrolled job losses with many mechanisms to remedy the situation. Uber's model will disappear, and its drivers may get extinct, many driving jobs related to transit will also disappear era for self-driven cars will set in as anew form oof revolution in transport system (Wharton, 2019).

References

HAYES, A. (2019, October 31). The Unintended Consequences of Self-Driving Cars. Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090215/unintended-consequences-selfdriving-cars.asp

Rapier, G. (2018, June 13). Self-driving cars could wipe out 4 million jobs — but a new report says the upsides will be easily worth it | Markets Insider. Retrieved from https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/self-driving-cars-could-kill-4-million-jobs-economic-impact-worth-it-2018-6-1026937775#

Wharton. (2019, February 27). The Pros and Cons of Driverless Cars. Retrieved from https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/driverless-cars-pros-and-cons/