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My neighbor, K.P., says his son is planning on a career in truck driving. I’ve written on the progress of self-driving truck technology, but recent setbacks due to autonomous vehicle accidents means that there will be a need for drivers well into the ‘20s.

Despite fears of looming trade wars, the backbone of the U.S. economy is the truck. A shortage of drivers results as retirement is claiming many, and fewer are willing to shoulder the long distances and days or weeks on the road, the life of the “full-truckload, over-the-road non-local driver.” Millennials and the pending Gen Z worker find g...