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Subject to the introduction of self-driving cars there will be a significant job market disruption with subject to drivers although this won’t happen immediately or overnight but rather there will be slow effects on the drivers’ jobs. Thus, the introduction of autonomous vehicles will definitely lead to a disruption and the destruction of driver's jobs. Self-driving cars have been established as being among the most exciting and anticipated innovations across the globe today. If the self-driving cars actually end up living to their expectations subject to the assumptions of forecasters and futurists, then the resulting effects will definitely be far-reaching. Regardless of the transformation of transportation and commuting industry subject to the rising of the concept of mobility as a service other considerable industries will either be impacted positively or negatively with subject to the adoption of the current world where there is easy movement of people through the use of computerized pods (Idzikowski & Schauer, 2018).

The driverless vehicles have a possibility of destroying approximately 4 million drivers' jobs. In a few years with the introduction of driverless vehicles, especially with subject to the taxi driver occupation in big cities. Both tram drivers and bus drivers will also be significantly impacted. The chauffeurs are equally established to be at risk alongside the forklift drivers who are located in warehouses. Construction and agriculture drivers will also be affected due to the automation of vehicles. A major category established as delivery drivers will equally be affected. For instance, researches conducted by Goldman Sachs predicts 300,000 job losses yearly in the United States (Watson, 2016).

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Idzikowski, L., & Schauer, P. (2018). Self-driving cars.

Watson, S. (2016). What is the future of self-driving cars? Reference point Press.