Opinion | How Life as a Trucker Devolved Into a Dystopian Nightmare
Jon Knope's experience captures how life behind the wheel has become highly monitored and precarious: after training in [[Cartersville, Ga.]] to drive a [[Class 8 combination tractor-trailer]], he logged hundreds of thousands of miles and more than 900 nights on the road, only to find his cab a site of constant surveillance by cameras and sensors and automated controls he could not override. Companies compare trucking to freedom, but shrinking pay and long hours push drivers into fatigue while remote software managers and A.I. systems — from routing and engine cutoffs to eye‑tracking cameras — govern daily life. The piece links low wages, safety rationales, corporate automation (even developments by [[Tesla]]), and the erosion of autonomy for workers who now endure regimented, monitored, and often dangerous conditions across places like [[Ohio]] and [[New York]].