You’ve gotten the state of play on trucking, heard firsthand from a driver, learned about other industries disrupted by automation, gone down a pop-culture rabbit hole, seen truckers and their trucks, and analyzed trucking’s changing demographics. Want to know even more? Here’s a comprehensive list of resources you can use to stay in the fast lane.
What to watch and read next
- The outcome of the ongoing sexual harassment litigation against trucking company, CRST
- This playlist of the best trucking songs
- The case for why Uber Freight (and self-driving trucks in general) may be meh, at best, from supply-chain expert Steve Banker
- A handy timeline of what self-driving cars may bring
- “Could self-driving trucks be good for trucking?” from the Atlantic
- “There were so many women who paved the way” A history of women in trucking
- “Trucks headed for the driverless future” A deep dive from The Financial Times into what automation in trucking could mean for labor
- “End of the road” The Guardian’s analysis of automation in trucking
- “The long road to self-driving trucks” A Medium post by technology journalist Mark Harris, with smart analysis of the rate at which technology could impact trucking
- “The death of the American trucker” A Rolling Stone dispatch on the political implications of automation in trucking
- This Forbes piece that looks at automation beyond the Tesla Semi hoopla
- Wired’s continuous coverage of the self-driving truck and car world
People and things to follow
- Trucker Finn Murphy and his book “The Long Haul”
- Real Women in Trucking A trucker-written site on issues affecting women on the road
- The American Trucking Associations The industry group representing truck-fleet owners
- Trailer Talk Tom Berg’s blog puts the trucking industry under a microscope
- Daniel Bridger A veteran driver and instructor who gets into the weeds of the nuances of trucking life
- The YouTube channel of trucker Allie Knight and her cat, Spike
- The Dancing Trucker on YouTube, who has used his channel to chronicle his battle to lose 100 pounds through diet and exercise and to promote better health among other truckers
- Trucking Truth A blog by truckers for truckers
- John and Jade The chronicles of a couple on the road
- TruckersReport An online forum for truckers to talk shop
- Truckers on Reddit A robust digital community, 12,000 members strong
- Trucker Dump A podcast from a veteran driver Todd McCann
And if you want to geek out really hard…
- Here’s more information about the different requirements for various flavors of commercial drivers licenses