More from the North American Automated Trucking Conference

Dec. 11, 2015
Experts discuss the opportunities and challenges facing autonomous trucks

A variety of engineers, federal government representatives, human factor researchers, and even insurance experts discuss the potential risks and rewards facing the introduction of autonomous trucks onto U.S. highways at a recent conference held at the Texas Motor Speedway. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr)

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Sean previously reported and commented on trends affecting the many different strata of the trucking industry. Also be sure to visit Sean's blog Trucks at Work where he offers analysis on a variety of different topics inside the trucking industry.

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